A consultant is urging the state to make dramatic changes to its health care system,
BRATTLEBORO-After a summer of standing-room-only meetings about public safety in town, the Selectboard voted on...
NEWFANE-It's a mid-September afternoon, warm under a bright late-summer sky, and Laura Xiao of By...
BRATTLEBORO-The Commons reached out to challengers to incumbents in state legislative seats, inviting them to...
The 2008 amendments to the 1996 Vermont lead law enforce time limits between identifying the problem and completing repair work on hazardous surface. The law also restricts access to identified surfaces and components, and areas directly below deteriorated surfaces, including physical barriers. Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, new legal tools will be in place to make it easier to enforce the law. A $400 ticket may be issued by the Dept. of Health for failure to file Essential Maintainance Practices (EMP)
Re: “Why too many households can't afford the housing that's available” [Voices, Nov. 30]: Yes, 30 percent of income as the maximum you can afford for housing costs is the long-established guideline. So, if you make $3,000 per month ($20 per hour), your monthly housing budget would be $900. Everyone knows how little house or apartment $900 will get you. “Affordable housing” does not exist for many people because their income is too small. I am renovating an attic. I...
Bartleby's Books will host the fourth annual showing of the work of Mary Procter and Bill Matuszeski. The show, which features their plein air acrylic landscapes of southern Vermont, will be on display through Wednesday, Nov. 18. Procter and Matuszeski are spouses who split their time between Washington, D.C., and Whitingham, where they have a home on Lake Clara. Their paintings were chosen for exhibit in the Windows on the Valley show in multiple locations in the Deerfield Valley this...
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