BRATTLEBORO-On June 4, members of the Charter Revision Commission voted 6-0 "to move away from"
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has cut six administrative posts as it seeks $4 million in reductions...
BELLOWS FALLS-Another large, colorful, peaceful crowd lined the main street of Bellows Falls on June...
BRATTLEBORO-It seems as if President Donald Trump is not popular in Windham County, either. On...
Judge J. Garvan Murtha's Jan. 19 ruling upheld Entergy's claim of preemption - the concept that the federal government's jurisdiction over atomic safety issues supersedes any state statutes. In his ruling, Murtha also said that the state had not completely proved Entergy couldn't sue the state despite promises made in a 2002 memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its purchase of Vermont Yankee. Murtha's ruling also agreed with Entergy's arguments that Vermont's actions had gone against the Commerce Clause, the provision...
I thought I was so environmentally virtuous by working from home and sending my words out into cyberspace. But a reader who responded to my recent piece about the carbon footprint of road building [“Our roads, at what cost?,” Column, May 10] burst that bubble. She called my attention “to the huge (and very much neglected) toll that the internet imposes on the environment.” She backed this dire news with a link to a peer-reviewed article published by the MIT...
BRATTLEBORO-June is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association as "Alzheimer's and Brain Health Awareness Month" (ABAM) and Brooks Memorial Library and the Vermont chapter of the Alzheimer's Association are collaborating to raise awareness in Brattleboro. Beginning Wednesday, June 4, and running through June 24, "Moments in Time: Works by Vermonters with Dementia," will be on display in the library. The exhibit consists of 23 pieces from 13 individual artists and two collages created from art submissions from residences and adult day...
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