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.
Lindsey Britt is a textile artist, solution-finder, award-winning vegan baker, and nonprofit administrator who serves...
Tim Hayes is retired as a junior high school teacher at Marlboro School, where he...
Bert Picard is an activist, having retired as a Teamster truck driver who has organized...
The writer is the local organizer of NALC Branch 37. BRATTLEBORO-On Sunday, March 23, a...
The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Board of Directors has upheld its decision to fire former Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steven Perrin following a two-week hearing that ended Jan. 30. The hearing took place in executive session, with the results announced publicly at the board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28. “Pursuant to a hearing, the board has affirmed the decision to dismiss Mr. Perrin as BUHS principal,” WSESD board Chair Kelly Young said. She took no questions, and...
Canal Street Art Gallery, 24 Canal St., presents Linden Eller, the newest artist to participate in the Working Artist Program. Eller's work is on view through Dec. 8. The artist, based in Mount Holly, says she uses mixed media and painting to create work centering around the theme of memory architecture - its process of alterations, renewals, and inaccuracies. The Working Artist Program now provides two artist studios and exhibition spaces within the Art Gallery. Artists process their own sales...
To Governor Phil Scott: I am concerned about the cost of Vermont's landfill and recycling system, and how the burden of those costs is passed on to consumers and taxpayers. My family is in the middle of a Zero Waste Challenge, where we attempt to put nothing in the trash can or recycling bin for two weeks. Saying that this is a monumental task is the understatement of the year. My family has decided to change our consumption habits and...
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