This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
As the Selectboard considers a change to the rides-for-hire ordinance, the issue has gotten more complicated. The agenda for the Sept. 4 regular Selectboard meeting had the Board conducting a second reading of the proposed ordinance change. The change would require Brattleboro-based drivers using app-based transportation services - like Uber and Lyft - to register themselves and their vehicles with the town and pay the same fees taxi-cab companies do for their drivers and cars. The reason for this ordinance...
Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center, 1223 Bonnyvale Rd., will present its annual Forest of Mystery with “The Witch's Turn,” written and directed by James and Jessica Gelter on Oct. 24, 25, and 26 (rain date is Oct. 27). BEEC's Forest of Mystery happens each year around Halloween with the aid of a group of talented community actors, dancers, and musicians, as well as inventive costume and set designers. This interactive theatrical performance with an environmental message takes place in scenes staged...
I urge Windham County voters to join me in casting a vote for Dave Schoales for the Vermont State Senate. Schoales has said he is running to replace Senator Jeanette White. As chair of the Government Operations Committee, Senator White has been the Legislature's leading proponent for allowing corporations to finance Vermont political campaigns. In 2011, she took the extreme step of not bringing a campaign finance reform bill that had been approved by her committee to the secretary of...
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