PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
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No one's been able to use the Vilas Bridge since 2009. But the 635-foot-long span still has its champions, as evidenced by a new resolution introduced last week in the Vermont House. Sponsored by four Windham County legislators, the resolution claims officials in New Hampshire - which owns most of the bridge - have shown “wanton neglect” in failing to repair the structure. And it urges the Granite State to “make every possible effort, on a timely basis,” to find...
By the 1930s, “nearly 90 percent of U.S. urban dwellers had electricity, but 90 percent of rural homes were without power,” according to University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives. “Investor-owned utilities often denied service to rural areas, citing high development costs and low profit margins. Consequently, even when they could purchase electricity, rural consumers paid far higher prices than urban consumers.” Vermont has state-of-the-art communication technologies. We have cell service throughout much of...
Renowned vocalists Samirah Evans and Evelyn Harris bring their celebrated tribute to Nina Simone and Etta James to Historic Memorial Hall in Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 21. Evans and Harris debuted the show last year to a sold-out audience at Next Stage in Putney - followed by another standing-room-only performance in Holyoke, Mass. The same band, composed of Miro Sprague (piano), David Picchi (bass), and Jon Fisher (drums), returns as their accompanists. The program includes solo performances and duets of...
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