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Not long ago, utilities envisioned a new renewable electricity system that would involve time-of-use rates and load management via smart meter…
For school board members representing the three school districts of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, December ranks as one of the mos…
Let me be clear: I’m not a mental health professional.
Eric Metaxas, author of Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness, in 2015, said, “Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.” We hav…
Vermont has a plan to combat climate change — accelerate our transition to electric vehicles, switch our heating and cooling systems to electric heat pumps, and power it all with electricity that is increasingly green and renewable. There is a lot to like about the plan, in addition to prote…
Searching for an arresting metaphor for the approaching legislative session, I found a compelling example, as described by contemporaneous reports.
What if I told you that there is a superpower you could learn? It’s scientifically proven to make you happier, deepen your relationships, reduce stress, drive personal success, enhance your physical health and improve your psychological well-being. It’s gratitude.
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This holiday season, go plaid and go small.
In the early days of the environmental movement Vermont passed Act 250, a land use and development law aimed at preventing uncontrolled growth…
Okay, we confess to being infected with the Mount Anthony Union High School fever following this weekend’s thrilling victory by the football t…
Watching the Veterans Day parade Friday as it moved down Main Street and on to the VFW and the Vermont Veterans’ Home on North Street for a wr…
Southern Vermonters have a lot to celebrate following Tuesday’s general elections.
America is at a cultural and political tipping point as we head into next Tuesday’s midterm elections.
When Vermont News & Media posted online on Tuesday that Susan Johnson, Bellows Falls Middle School principal, was placed on paid leave wit…
The Taconic & Green Regional School District Board of Directors is starting to consider the most important question it has faced since vot…
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders heard from local students and community leaders during a visit to Bennington on Wednesday about a host of issues that…
Letters to the Editor
Breathe again but remain vigilant
Affordable housing and transportation problems
Too many crime stories
Pity John the Baptist today
I recently became reacquainted with the word polycrisis. The Cascade Institute has listed a number of crises that need fixing: climate heating…
The Bennington Museum hosted a two-day search for American samplers recently, searching for all samplers made in Vermont. Over 100 samplers we…
In the true Spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to sincerely thank the voters of Bennington District 5, for returning me to the Vermont House…
The effort for significant carbon cuts at COP27 appears to be weak. One of the key issues of contention at the United Nations climate conferen…
I am tired of being called a climate change denier when I tell these accusers that the climate is always changing. It's cyclical. When I was a…
