TOWNSHEND-The smallest hospital in Vermont is not going anywhere. One provision of The One Big...
BELLOWS FALLS-National Grid and Great River Hydro (GRH) is making plans to upgrade the Vilas...
Much has been written about the effort expended on changing the way Vermont's education is...
BRATTLEBORO-Ask any journalist: It is almost impossible to get a good photo of documents being...
Vermont officials say they're missing some critical environmental information needed to evaluate the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. At a March 23 meeting in Brattleboro, representatives from the state Agency of Natural Resources and Entergy clashed over whether there has been sufficient investigation of nonradiological contaminants at the shut-down Vernon nuclear plant. Peter Walke, the agency's deputy secretary, said it is difficult to determine whether a New York company's plans to buy and decommission the plant are viable without more...
“Thelma Appel: Observed/Abstract,” now on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, showcases five decades of paintings by a little-known, 82-year-old artist who co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop. “This is the very first career survey of my life,” Appel said. “The fact that it is at such a respected museum, and in Vermont where I first became a serious landscape painter, is even more poignant. At my age, that means the world to me - and it's...
As the economy continues to crumble, more people are committing property crimes. Burglaries are on the rise. With the space program out of the way, it looks as if crime has become the last frontier of American society. Being a criminal in Vermont isn't easy. The pickings are slim, for one thing. Most burglars make off with a mixed bag of odds and ends that they would be lucky to get a few bucks for at a flea market: a...
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