BELLOWS FALLS — RE: “After tense months, library nears opening” [Town & Village, Sept. 11]:
The Rockingham Free Public Library Board of Trustees should resign en masse. We need a new broom to sweep up the mess they've made and undo the demoralization of our fine library staff, whose first duty has always been to the public and the patrons, and not to the egos of the most domineering members of the board.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
What many nuclear wonks have predicted over the past year has finally come to pass: Entergy announced on Tuesday that it would close its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant long before its 20-year federal license extension expires. The company anticipates closing the 41-year-old plant in the fall of 2014. Entergy refueled the plant earlier this year. The plant's anticipated 2014 fourth-quarter shut down coincides with VY's next scheduled refueling. In a press release, the company attributed its decision to “a number...
Raisins in your stuffing. Running 3.2 miles at your town's Turkey Trot. A shared Thanksgiving meal at your community church sitting next to a person you just met. Each of us has our own holiday traditions, many of which will look very different this year. This is a loss, and we all feel it. But abundance remains in our community - an abundance of love, food, and people taking care of each other. Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE) is a program...
As a headline in the June 7 issue of The Commons reported, "Hard-hit Windham County farms hope for federal relief for an overnight devastating loss of fruit, berry, and vegetable crops." Beneath a close-up photo of brown and shriveled buds on trees at Green Mountain Orchards in Putney, a caption elaborated: "Apple buds in orchards throughout Windham County and Vermont were damaged by freezing temperatures overnight on May 17–18, destroying much of this year's crop." The Commons reached out to...
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