One compromised spent-fuel canister could deliver an 1850 msv dose of radiation to the population within 1 mile.
I really don't think it's a good idea to be moving this stuff around too much.
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...
The Legislature returns to Montpelier this week to see if it can override Gov. Phil Scott's veto of the budget and take care of a few other pressing concerns. Meanwhile, two of Windham County's legislative leaders are celebrating remarkable victories. In her first year as chair of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Sara Coffey, D-Guilford, managed to create, negotiate, and pass, in conjunction with the Senate, the $850 million Transportation Bill that the governor signed into law on June 12.
Whitingham Free Public Library welcomes Celtic musician Jeff Snow, who returns on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. for some holiday cheer and Celtic Christmas music. Snow, a talented multi-instrumentalist, shares the music - and the stories behind the music - of Scotland, Ireland, and England. In concert, he plays the guitar, autoharp, and bouzouki. Growing up in a home where old Scottish folk songs were the everyday sounds, Snow says he developed an early love for Celtic music. “Much...
As the president of the Board of Trustees of the Moore Free Library in Newfane, I remind both your readers and your reporters that Erica Walch wrote her letter of opposition to the West River Valley Mutual Aid group's petition to the Newfane Selectboard as a private citizen and Newfane taxpayer, not as a representative of the Moore Free Library. The opinions that Ms. Walch expressed in her letter are hers alone and should not be construed by anyone to...
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