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.
Lindsey Britt is a textile artist, solution-finder, award-winning vegan baker, and nonprofit administrator who serves...
Tim Hayes is retired as a junior high school teacher at Marlboro School, where he...
Bert Picard is an activist, having retired as a Teamster truck driver who has organized...
The writer is the local organizer of NALC Branch 37. BRATTLEBORO-On Sunday, March 23, a...
The Transportation Center will soon have additional LED lighting and repairs to a portion of its west stairwell, May 7. The Selectboard has approved spending $19,300 to add a third row of LED lights to the parking garage's inner floors. Cleveland Electric of Brattleboro will install the new lighting. Last year, the board included funding for the project in the FY2019 budget after several public discussions at board meetings where community members said they didn't feel safe using the Transportation...
AfterFab, a tribute to the Beatles' years as solo performers, will play at Next Stage Arts Project on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. AfterFab is not your typical tribute band, and the genius of the Beatles didn't stop at Abbey Road. This is the only tribute band drawing from the vast catalog of the brilliant solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr - and AfterFab's [www.afterfab.com] reviewers say they bring it to life with...
BRATTLEBORO-The day after the recent presidential election, there was a noticeably dour tone among the people I spoke with in this deep blue community. People were racked with fear for the safety of their vulnerable neighbors: queer and trans folks, recent immigrants, refugees, people of color, people with disabilities. They were anxious about what Trump would do to an already-fragile economy, or how he would impact already-atrocious conflicts abroad being fueled by U.S. weapons. They were worried about the resilience...
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