This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
Town-funded consultants and the region’s main emergency medical provider concur on a key finding in a $39,000 review of local ambulance options: All provide quality care. If only they could agree on everything else. A new feasibility study by Wyoming’s AP Triton consulting firm concludes that Rescue Inc. — Windham County’s largest and longest-serving ambulance service — is the most economical choice for maintaining current local coverage. In comparison, a proposed Brattleboro Fire Department takeover of EMS duties would increase...
The Brattleboro Literary Festival organizers invite everyone to join them in downtown Brattleboro for the 22nd annual Brattleboro Literary Festival, set for Friday through Sunday, Oct. 13 through 15. All events are free. "The festival this year is the story of us - about who we are, how we are surviving, and what issues are we facing as humans with a focus on people who are marginalized," organizers wrote in a news release. "Life is overwhelming and we find comfort...
Very well written, Shanta L. Evans-Crowley! Your hair is beautiful whether you go au naturel or not! With regard to hair touching, however, I feel this happens to all females, no matter what ethnic group one belongs to. I cannot stand it when women come up to me and touch my hair, and yes, this happens to me a lot! I have extremely fine hair and lots of it. It takes too much time to tame my free-flying, mind-of-its-own locks...
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