DUMMERSTON — Wonderfully detailed and complete article on the status of recycling and trash disposal but no information on how options affect the environment and climate change.
I would love to read more in a future story.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
Members of The Commons have recently been mailed a reader survey with our annual spring fundraising appeal. We invite all readers, members or not, to answer a few questions so we can make the newspaper and our operation better and get a better understanding of our readership and demographics. All personal information is optional and will be used only for participation in a random drawing for a $50 gift certificate for Whetstone Station. You can download the survey here. You...
The Vermont Jazz Center will present its annual Big Band Gala Performance on Friday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. The VJC Big Band, under the leadership of musical director Rob Freeberg, is a community orchestra of professional musicians who come together to raise money for Jazz Center scholarships. This year's gala, its 16th, will feature the music made famous by the legendary clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw. The VJC will supplement its 16-piece big band with four affiliates of the...
The headline is right, the letter is wrong. If the Vermont Yankee buildings were there for a fossil-fuel plant, demolishing them would require industrial safety measures, which would be overseen by demolition experts, not the plant operational staff. It will be that way for the nuclear plant, too. As shown by NorthStar, large-building and industrial-facility removal has evolved as a speciality, with the special hazards of each type of plant - chemical, petroleum, radioactive, etc. - planned for. The radioactive...
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