MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the...
A group of nonresident taxpayers - i.e., those who own second homes - want a bigger say in whether Vermont's largest wind-turbine project moves forward. It seems clear that those property owners, under Vermont law, are not entitled to participate in a legally binding vote because they do not technically live in Grafton. But some argue that all taxpayers - whether residents or nonresidents - should be able to participate in some sort of referendum on the proposed project. The...
One of my greatest pleasures and also a source of frustration comes from my role as advisor to a local school environmental group. I get frustrated trying to decide which important steps we should take to make our school more Earth-friendly, and I feel pleasure is felt when I see their passion and commitment to address some of the environmental issues we face today. I want to share a comment made by one student when I told her about a...
The Backlot Cinema Series at Epsilon Spires returns with a screening of Fire of Love, a full-length documentary composed entirely of archival footage left behind by married volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, who died together in an eruption in Japan in 1991. The film is currently only available in theaters, and will screen outdoors in the lot behind Epsilon Spires at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. The Kraffts continuously risked their lives to shoot some of the first up-close...
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