DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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...
Town officials have become familiar faces in the Statehouse, where they've argued repeatedly that municipalities like theirs should have a bigger role in deciding where energy projects are built. But now that both chambers of the Legislature have approved a bill addressing that issue, Selectboard Chair Frank Seawright is less than impressed. Seawright and his wife, anti-turbine activist Nancy Tips, say S.230 doesn't go far enough in ensuring that local concerns are taken seriously. And they aren't convinced that further...
The Vernon Library Trustees' decision to abruptly remove Library Director Kris Berberian from her position more than two months early has many of us in town asking questions. Taxpayers elect the trustees to oversee and serve the best interest of the library and town overall. As taxpayers/residents, we are asking the library trustees to answer the following questions. • Are all Vernon library trustees familiar with the Vermont Open Meeting Law? • Do all Vernon library trustees, especially the chairperson,
Alternative-process photographers Vaune Trachtman and Rachel Portesi will exhibit their work at the Michael S. Currier Center at The Putney School, 418 Houghton Brook Rd., through Sunday, Oct. 29. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Trachtman and Portesi are Vermont-based artists who each use photographic processes that meld historic and contemporary technologies. Trachtman's photogravures bring together cellphone imagery and archival negatives, while Portesi's work ranges from tintypes to Polaroids, and includes film,
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