Each May, the American Ambulance Association honors emergency medicine professionals from across the nation for their lifetime achievement in the field with a banquet and awards ceremony in Washington D.C. each May. “This year, Joe Thompson was one of the honorees,” said Drew Hazelton, chief of operations at Rescue Inc. As described by the association, the Stars of Life awards program - named after the symbol that identifies emergency medical personnel, equipment, and vehicles - “celebrates the contributions of ambulance...
The Actors Theatre Playhouse presents Vern Thiessen's Shakespeare's Will, a one-woman presentation featuring Wendy Almeida as Anne Hathaway speaking her mind on the day of the funeral for her husband, William Shakespeare. There are four performances only: on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7, 8, 14, and 15, at 7:30 p.m., promptly. Very little is actually known about William Shakespeare and his wife of 34 years. But this much we do know: Anne was 26 years old and pregnant when she...
Further large scale wind development is completely incompatible with Vermont's landscape, resources, scenery, and overall economic drivers. I was elated to read about the proposed plan that says that large-scale wind turbines are unsuitable for the 27-town Windham County region. Wind farms destroy mountaintop environments forever. I think if the general public saw what kind of large-scale devastation the creation of a wind farm does to a mountain environment, they would be aghast. Typically, the wind company has to lop...
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