DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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...
Housing in the rural central tier of southern Vermont always has been dependent upon single-family homes. Apartment complexes are rare in most villages. Instead, most residents in southern Vermont have found housing in single-family homes to purchase and apartments to rent in repurposed larger homes or other buildings. Despite waiting lists for low-income or senior housing, that formula seemed to have satisfied the majority of the populace - until COVID-19 hit the East Coast in March of 2020. The pandemic...
Jay Craven's newest film, Peter and John, will play four Vermont preview dates between April 29 and May 3 before its official premiere in late June. The first showing will be at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. A reception will precede the film at 5:30 p.m. with Craven and special guests from the film. Peter and John is based on the 19th century novel Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant, and it's...
After reflecting on Elayne Clift's recent column celebrating women, I would like to emphasize the nurturing role of mothers. Growing up in what was considered a “nuclear family,” we kids generally had many reasons to love, and eventually respect, our mother daily. She'd greet us when we'd come home from school and listen to our triumphs and setbacks without too much prying. She'd gave us the autonomy to walk over to a friend's house or ride our bikes crosstown to...
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