All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
A semi-circle of people -members of the press, Gathering Place employees, and volunteers - point their cameras and iPhones toward a trio holding award plaques in the Gathering Place's cafeteria. In the center of the group, Carolyn Stoughton wipes away her tears with the side of her hand. “It's always nice to see the volunteers come through and to see them blossom,” Stoughton said. On Oct. 7, Stoughton was one of 12 recipients of the 2015 Spirit of ADA Award.
Everyone said there wasn't enough time. “I am always on the lookout for ways to benefit the arts in our town,” says Lissa Weinmann, co-owner of 118 Elliott, a fully-accessible multipurpose space for arts and education in Brattleboro. She first heard of a possible grant on “Creating Humanities Communities” from the National Endowment for the Humanities at the very beginning of this year, when she attended a conference about arts funding in upstate Vermont. “I realized this was big news,
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; they will long enjoy the work of their hands.” -Isaiah 65:21–22 (NRSV) In my Christian tradition, which has its roots firmly in Jewish tradition, there is perhaps no more foundational spiritual ethic than...
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