NEWFANE-The Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library will present "Painting with Pastel" in September,
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Jazz Center is honored to host Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran...
BENNINGTON-Bennington College is now accepting submissions from high school students around the world for its...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-The Good Trouble Street Choir and its leader, Becky Graber, will host a musical...
At a Public Service Board hearing July 8, area residents overwhelmingly opposed the continued operation of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee in light of a recent tritium leak found at the plant. “Not all things get better with age,” said Nate Hausman, adding that if the plant - which opened in 1972 - were a car, it would be considered an antique. “As a Vermont power consumer, I don't want to be complacent in the risks,” Hausman said, calling the plant...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP), 10 Green St., announces the opening of "Of Land and Place," a juried exhibition exploring the profound relationship between humanity and the natural world. The exhibition, juried by Sharon Harper and Karen Haas, features the work of 41 photographers from across the United States and Canada. It opens on Friday, March 7, with a public reception from 5 to 8 p.m., and runs through April 27. "Of Land and Place" showcases a diverse range...
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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