BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...
The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...
Seth Andrew, founder of Democracy Builders and the new Degrees of Freedom at the soon-to-be former Marlboro College campus, explained the importance of civil lives and middle-class lifestyles. Andrew said his family instilled in him an interest in public life, civic engagement, and public policy. His family's dinner table conversations often centered on public issues. When Andrew reached college, he realized not all people felt obligated to participate in their democracy. This awakened in him the desire to focus on...
I did not want to write another piece about wind turbines, but two recent letters from people I know and whose intelligence I respect struck me with their absence of clear thought and lack of logic. Focusing on decibel levels is extremely subjective and avoids the larger issue with wind generation in Vermont: habitat destruction and potential flooding brought about by mountaintop clearing. Saying that the sound of the wind in the grass or leaves is louder than that of...
The Blanche Moyse Chorale, a program of the Brattleboro Music Center, is scheduling auditions for new members in all vocal sections. The chorale is preparing a production of J.S. Bach's “Short Mass in F” with two motets and orchestral works on Columbus Day weekend this fall. Auditions for the performance will be scheduled during the week of May 8, with rehearsals to follow. Those planning to audition should be experienced in choral singing, capable of learning music independently, and not...
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