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Robert Oeser clearly wants to make a mountain out of the rubble, regarding his opposition to NorthStar's proposed rubblization at the Vermont Yankee site. But Mr. Oeser fails to recognize that rubblization is a common procedure, developed for recycling concrete highways in place and used in nuclear decommissioning. The small pieces of broken concrete are used instead of trucked-in stone as a roadbed for new pavement. In nuclear plant demolition, instead of hauled-in fill, the rubble is used to fill...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present roots and world music quintet The Gaslight Tinkers at Next Stage on Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. The Gaslight Tinkers' mix of sound includes global rhythms, traditional New England old timey, and celtic fiddle music organizers call "joyful [...] merging boundless positive energy with melody and song." Band members draw from their extensive musical backgrounds, they say, and "craft a sound that brings world traditions together." Since its formation in 2012,
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