All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
Rei Carpenter-Ranquist, a junior at Brattleboro Union High School, is a member of the Teen...
The 16 Vermont faith community members signing this open letter, from Vermont Interfaith Action's Clergy...
Nancy Gassett is a Vernon resident. She ran as a Republican nominee for Windham-1 state...
Laura Sibilia, an independent, represents the Windham-2 district (Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton, and Wardsboro) in...
“No.” The reply came without hesitation or reservation. The question? In the eyes of the Garden Path Elder Living's board of directors, did former Executive Director Cindy Jerome, who is running against two Democrats in the Aug. 14 primary - incumbent Rep. Mike Mrowicki and newcomer Nader Hashim, for a House seat in Windham-4 - act inappropriately? “No,” said Board President Ted Vogt. Garden Path manages Bradley House and Holton Home. It is perhaps the only brief answer to a...
Power out for three days. We got 16 inches of snow. Quiet settled in. We were very fortunate to stay warm with the wood stove. The pups napped with me on the couch. Honor slept on top of me and my orange-colored childhood blanket that he also loves. Darling Gracie had extra biscuits while she healed a wound on her muzzle. The well pump didn't work, so eventually the water stopped running. The dishes piled up. There was one fishy...
Sherlock Holmes returns to the Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro on Jan. 23, at 7 p.m., to begin the Baker Street Readers' second season of monthly dramatic readings, this time from Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. When Sherlock Holmes announces he's headed for Dartmoor, Watson knows exactly why: Colonel Ross's prize horse has been missing for three days and the Wessex Cup is days away. But matters are even worse: the horse's trainer has been found dead. Holmes...
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