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.
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...
Seven months after 27 farmers in Vermont - among the 89 across the Northeast - were shocked by a letter from Horizon Organics saying the company would stop buying milk from them in August, a few bright spots are shining through. Stimulated by Horizon's announcement, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets and several Northeast partners led a farmer-focused Northeast Dairy Task Force to identify key issues facing the region's dairy industry. The task force's comprehensive report released in...
Next Stage Arts presents a concert with Malian balafon player and singer Balla Kouyaté and American cellist, singer, and composer Mike Block, on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. Composer, kora player, percussionist, and vocalist John Hughes opens. Kouyaté and Block have been collaborating for over a decade, according to a news release, bonding over their shared interest in music from across the world and their commitment to innovating on their instruments. Kouyaté, who comes from the Djeli tradition of...
The writer served in the state House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009. BRATTLEBORO-John Rodgers, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, is not well known down here in Windham County, but I have known him for over 20 years. We both served together in the House of Representatives and on the same committee (Institutions and Corrections). I got to know John very well. He holds the same values that I do. He is a dedicated family man. I was invited...
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