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...
Will explosives be used to demolish radioactive structures at Vermont Yankee? It depends on whom you ask. State officials have filed testimony claiming NorthStar Group Services, which wants to buy and decommission the idled nuclear plant, plans to use explosives on “at least one” contaminated building. The department is raising concerns about the spread of radioactivity. But NorthStar's chief executive officer says his company has no such plans. And no public documents have emerged to back up the state's contention.
The Friends of Brooks Memorial Library will host a concert by the Brattleboro Baroque Quartet on Friday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m., at the Brooks Library on Main Street in Brattleboro. The quartet members are Martin Hanft on the traverso and recorder; Michelle Liechti on the violin; Laurie Rabut on the viola da gamba, and Wendy Redlinger at the harpsichord. The performance will be a salon-style event with seating in the round. The musicians will speak briefly about their instruments...
The volunteer is present in every organization doing what needs doing - stuffing envelopes, cleaning up after events, building stages, offering in-kind services of every imaginable manner, greeting joyfully, serving on boards. Board participation is demanding, and I'd like to acknowledge right now the first-rate efforts I have witnessed on the several boards I've worked with. It's impressive, it's time consuming, and it asks every bit as much attention to detail as the “day job.” Since my family and I...
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