RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
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...
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block a merger involving one of the key players in the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. Federal officials say Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions shouldn't be allowed to acquire Texas-based Waste Control Specialists because the deal would create a “near monopoly” in the business of low-level radioactive waste disposal. Waste Control Specialists, also called WCS, is slated to become a partner in Vermont Yankee decommissioning under a sale agreement announced...
Genre-bending jazz and prog rock fusion trio House of Waters performs at Next Stage Arts on Friday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. “Our goal is to widen the palette of what makes its way to southern Vermont, and House of Waters is something truly unique. Max's virtuosity on the hammered dulcimer is like nothing we've ever seen before,” Keith Marks, executive director of Next Stage, said in a news release. “This is an opportunity for the community to experience an...
Unfortunately, the cost to provide emergency shelter and protection in a different facility while preparing a permanent home for the fire department is guaranteed to cost the town of Brattleboro more than any previous estimate. Scrambling is extraordinarily expensive in time, energy, and resources. The Brattleboro Fire Department is willing to place premium price tags on every life firefighters rescue 24/7. In the last five years, downtown Brattleboro has been literally saved more than once by the courageous men in...
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