BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
The first truck containing contaminated groundwater has departed from Vermont Yankee, and many more will follow. At a Feb. 25 meeting in Brattleboro, Entergy administrators disclosed that they have begun shipping the fluid - which is flowing with unexpected intensity into the plant's turbine building - to a disposal site in Tennessee. Officials have said the water is contaminated with relatively low levels of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. But as the liquid leaves the Vernon plant in quantities...
Over Columbus Day weekend, the Blanche Moyse Chorale again honors the memory of its founder, Blanche Moyse, by performing a favorite selection of J.S. Bach's choral music. This year's selection is the “Christmas Oratorio.” But why in October? Simply because Mme. Moyse's celebrated New England Bach Festival (NEBF: 1969-2004) was always held in early October. Thus the scheduling of her annual Memorial Concert has followed the same tradition. Moreover, while Bach's oratorio does tell the Biblical Christmas story, this great...
RE: “It's our job” [Viewpoint, July 25]: I wholeheartedly agree with Ryan Hockertlotz. I also contacted the Townshend selectboard and advised them that I thought the ordinance was illegal and didn't want to see my tax dollars wasted to defend it when challenged.
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