GRAFTON-Among the summer arts happenings gracing green hills with theater, fine art, craft, circus, puppetry,
DUMMERSTON-All are invited to the opening reception of "Watercolors by Linda Rood" at the Dummerston...
GUILFORD-Pride began with rebellion. Kopkind Colony, the living memorial to the late radical journalist Andrew...
MARLBORO-Bard Owl, the duo of T. Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger, will perform a benefit...
Later this year, the parking area along Depot Street will gain more elbow room. The town has moved forward with its plan for additional parking spaces in the area sandwiched between the train tracks and the Connecticut River. At its Feb. 2 meeting, the Selectboard approved a $25,300 design contract, plus out-of-pocket expenses, with Stevens & Associates, PC, an engineering and architecture firm based in town. “[Depot Street] doesn't look much like a street,” Town Manager Peter Elwell said. “Most...
BRATTLEBORO-It's time for submissions for the 2025 edition of Poems Around Town, a Write Action–sponsored event that celebrates National Poetry Month. This event features poems, written by local poets primarily, as well as those in the tri-state area and throughout Vermont. "Poems chosen will go into downtown business windows for the month of April, and sometimes longer, (depending on the interest of the business where the poem is posted)," wrote organizers in a news release. "This gives locals and visitors...
In past testimony before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), nuclear reactors have been compared to motor vehicles, in the sense that (for nuclear opponents) when a car ages, it is time for it to be scrapped and (for nuclear proponents) that even an antique car, properly maintained, can still function reliably. What if components in those “vehicles” were known to be defective, but since the driver did not experience a breakdown, the condition was not reported? Would you feel less...
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