DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
BELLOWS FALLS-Fellow citizens, I write to you with a request founded in feelings of love,
BRATTLEBORO-I've been a supporter of Emilie Kornheiser since she first ran for Legislature. Now, however,
Shelby Brimmer is the owner, with Paul Martocci, of Martocci's Restaurant on Elliot Street in...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-Two years later, Democrats are still furious over Roe v. Wade being overturned. But...
In theory, Vermont's “all-payer” healthcare proposal should be music to Louis Josephson's ears. The Brattleboro Retreat's top administrator listened closely during a two-hour meeting on Oct. 12 as state officials described their ambitious plan to contain health care costs and improve quality. One of the plan's major goals is reducing overdose and suicide deaths - two key issues for a mental-health provider like the Retreat. But Josephson, like others who attended the Brattleboro session, wasn't ready to offer a full...
Our community has lost yet another local staple. At noon on Friday, Feb. 4, the Jamaica Coffee House closed its doors, never to open again. For eight years, Jamie and Dave Phillips were pillars of what remains of the downtown Jamaica business community. In good weather and bad, they opened up to serve hot beverages and food to locals and tourists alike. They weathered Irene with us. The paid their taxes. They hosted community meetings. They extended credit to the...
Come hear what's on the minds of our local youth at the Brattleboro Literary Festival's second annual Teen Poetry, Prose, and Pizza Slam at the Boys & Girls Club on Saturday, April 21, at 8 p.m. The winner receives a $100 cash prize and publication online at Green Mountains Review, and the runner-up receives a $50 cash prize. There will be door prizes and a raffle with gift certificates from local businesses, a performance by the Burlington teen slam quartet...
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