This year, 2015, is the year of eyes wide open, and Vermont's General Assembly needs to question the use of Holtec's on-site dry cask storage system for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station's nuclear waste solution.
After decades of research, and billions of dollars spent, no radioactive waste has been relocated, and treated, and placed in a safe and permanent disposal location anywhere.
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...
The Town School Board recently signed a short-term contract with the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity to help recruit more people of color to education positions. The supervisory union is seeking to fill the principal position at Oak Grove School, as well as three teacher jobs in Brattleboro. Approximately 20 percent of the student body in Brattleboro's town schools are children of color, Board Chair David Schoales told The Commons. “We have children who don't see people who look...
In our justice system, the accused stands trial. But outside our court system, the burden of proof is almost always laid upon the shoulders of the victim. In their recent articles [“Anonymous allegations roil Marlboro College sale,” Reformer, July 14] and “Critics urge opposition to campus sale” [The Commons, July 15], both publications failed to hold Democracy Builders Fund accountable for the accusations of racism and abuse raised against its founder, Seth Andrew, during his time leading Democracy Prep charter...
Lisa McCormick's online guitar course, Guitar Fundamentals 1, went live in October 2014, bringing her teaching and her music to the world beyond Brattleboro. The following month, the local singer/songwriter released her new album, “Love Changes Everything,” with some of the tracks having resulted from her Internet guitar classes. She's also set to perform with Scott Ainslie and Samirah Evans with Eugene Uman, Hannah Hoffman, House Blend, and Singcrony on Jan. 18 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at First Baptist...
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