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• Economic problems in southern Vermont - lack of jobs, etc.
• Opposition to Justice Center in Bellows Falls.
• Opposition to gas plant in Vernon.
• Opposition to wind power plant.
Gee, can there be a connection here?
Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...
Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...
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Good day to you, citizens of southeastern Vermont. Lucky for us, what has become Tropical Storm Jose (and what is functionally an extra-tropical mid-latitude cyclone) will only produce a few 20-30 mph wind gusts today (Wednesday) before pulling away to the south and east. We can thank high pressure to our north for causing Jose to curve away from southern New England. We can also thank the cooler sea surface temperatures south of New England, along with proximate wind shear...
When the call came out last fall from the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center to create an “Artful Ice Shanty,” a group of nine Brattleboro-West Arts members got inspired. Their shanty would be a part of the village that would be on view at the Retreat Farm across Route 30 from the Retreat Meadows, a popular spot for ice fishing and actual functioning ice shanties. “A full-on winter festival celebrating art, culture, and the great outdoors, coinciding with the 100th...
It was incredibly inspiring to hear that the young people who survived the latest mass shooting have called for and organized March for Our Lives, a national march on Washington, on Saturday, March 24. It is the essence of America that these young people who are closest to the tragedy have the courage and presence of mind to lead our nation toward necessary change. The rally's organizers estimate that up to 500,000 will attend. These young people, most not even...
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