RE: “Getting the area to prepare for long-term storage” [News, April 24], another comprehensive and highly informative article by Olga Peters:
The Shut It Down affinity group has now been arrested 30 times trying to shut down Vermont Yankee before it shuts down New England.
I would encourage others to form small groups and follow suit.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
On June 1, the state's motel voucher program will end. The Legislative session has adjourned without funding the pandemic emergency program, which sheltered homeless people throughout the state as a public health measure, a public policy decision that housing advocates predict will have devastating ramifications across the state. Seven hotels in Brattleboro participate in the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program - the formal name for the voucher program. These hotels -Black Mountain Inn, Colonial Motel, Covered Bridge Inn, EconoLodge, Latchis...
Samirah Evans' annual Leo Party returns to the Arts Block in Greenfield, Mass., on Saturday, July 25, joined this year by fellow Leo and vocalist, Rebecca Holtz. The two jazz and blues singers have shared the stage many times, and they will have a familiar trio supporting them in Eugene Uman (piano), Dave Picchi (bass) and Jon Fisher. With Holtz set to move to California this fall, Evans says it will be very special for her to share the spotlight...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro. In announcing that Learey would accompany her to the State of the Union address, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint said that her guest "understands the impacts bold and creative investments in housing mean for a family's stability and a child's future" and said that Learey "represents the type of creative community leadership we need across the state and the country to address the housing...
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