Little Bread & Puppet state goes up against big nuke and the fed gummit.
What could go wrong?
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the Cooperative Building a gold star. The EPA has awarded the building, which houses the Brattleboro Food Co-op and Canal & Main Apartments, with the agency's 2012 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. The building and its three owners, the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, and Housing Vermont, located in Burlington, won in the category of Main Street and Corridor Revitalization. “There were many potential reasons why this innovative collaboration...
Two beloved Guilford artists, jazz and rock musician Patty Carpenter and poet Verandah Porche, have been close friends for more than four decades. Even though they had toyed with the idea for a long time, it was only after the devastation in Southern Vermont caused by Tropical Storm Irene that the two decided to combine forces to create music. The result was a song about the impact of the flooding, “Waves in the Wind,” which became not only a meditation...
Voting is at the heart of the democratic process. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was a turning point in the work of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States of America. Several states have rushed to implement racially discriminatory anti-voter laws, including several states where the League of Women Voters had previously succeeded in blocking voter restrictions in the courts and state legislatures. Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court recently gutted key components of the VRA. Only strong...
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