It took more than a year to pull off, but it looks like the proposed sale of the defunct Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to a New York-based decommissioning company is moving closer to taking place. On March 2, a memorandum of understanding was filed with the Vermont Public Utilities Commission. It calls for Entergy, the current owner of Vermont Yankee, and NorthStar, the company that wants to buy the Vernon site and decommission it, to set aside additional money...
PUTNEY-Yellow Barn's 55th Summer Festival is underway. Spanning five weeks, the festival offers 20 concerts performed by new and returning members of its international family of musicians. New this year will be a children's concert on Thursday, July 18; a conversation about music with celebrated composer-in-residence Jörg Widmann; and a gala performance at the Retreat Farm on Saturday, July 13. This season, Widmann returns for his fourth summer as composer-in-residence. During his residency week (July 30–Aug. 4), audiences can hear...
I happily endorse Sara Coffey for state representative for the Windham-1 district. As a small-business owner and citizen of Guilford, I think back to when Covid first started to shut down our local economy. Sara personally reached out to offer support, as she was keenly aware of how hard it was going to be on the area's small businesses. She continued to check in throughout the worst of the pandemic, and I think it helped people to understand that there...
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