Anyone who lives in a state such as Vermont, where there is minimal public transportation and everyone drives, and who opposes nuclear power is living in a dream world of misinformation and denial.
And they are hypocrites.
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
As predicted, lawmakers on Tuesday easily overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto of H.217, a bill set to invest well over $120 million annually into Vermont's ailing child care sector, enacting the measure into law. The only surprise, at the end of the day, was how quickly it all happened. The House voted early in the day, 116 to 31, to override Scott. (It takes a two-thirds majority to override a gubernatorial veto.) And as of early afternoon, the plan remained...
PUTNEY-The Landmark Trust USA (LTUSA) invites the community to learn more about one of our region's most distinctive architectural typologies, one that many Northern New Englanders call home: the connected farm building. On Tues., May 14, at 7:00 p.m., LTUSA will host noted scholar and vernacular architecture historian Thomas C. Hubka to speak on his seminal book Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn. The presentation will take place at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, and will be livestreamed.
I was a witness to the rapid rise of mountain biking in the world — and much of it happened right here in beautiful downtown Putney. I’m not a Vermonter. I have moved here five times. And every time I moved away seeking fame, fortune, and glory — which I found scads of — every place I went to I compared to Vermont. In Japan, I said, “These hills are just like the ones in Vermont.†I was in Norway...
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