MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
The Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) recently released for public comment its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the proposed Deerfield Wind Project in Searsburg and Readsboro. The Deerfield Wind Project is a proposal to construct and operate a wind energy facility on public lands, adjacent to the existing Searsburg facility currently operated by Green Mountain Power on private land. The U.S. Forest Service is evaluating several alternatives in detail, including the original proposal for a 17 turbine project.
Hugh Keelan isn't daunted by the herculean task of bringing not one but two of Richard Wagner's most famous operas to the Latchis. He's done it before - twice. Tundi Productions' Wagner in Vermont 2023, the festival's third visit to the Latchis Theatre, will assemble more than 70 performers from near and far from Friday, Aug. 18, to Thursday, Aug. 24. Keelan, the music director and the festival's orchestra conductor, and his wife, General Director Jenna Rae, co-founded Tundi, which...
As the Northeast regional director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), I am writing to address certain points made by Karl Meyer in his Viewpoint [“Failed salmon program doesn't deserve new life,” The Commons, Oct. 12]. While I respect Mr. Meyer's opinion about the FWS's involvement in the Atlantic salmon restoration program in the Connecticut River watershed, I must correct factual errors that I believe mislead your readers and have the potential to erode public support for the...
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