Recent budget decisions by the governors and state legislators in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont have caused a crisis here in the Valley for people with mental illness who don’t have... Read more »
July 12, 2010
Photos: At Work at the Dump and Fixing a Stone Bridge
These photos were taken on July 12. They show workers at the dump in Brattleboro, and fixing a stone bridge on Tucker Reed Road in Dummerston, Vermont. Town road chief Lee Chamberlin said the... Read more »
July 08, 2010
People Power Defeats Plan to Narrow Brattleboro's Downtown Sidewalks
Brattleboro residents defeated a plan by the administration of lame duck Republican governor Jim Douglas and lieutenant-governor Brian Dubie – the Republican who wants to be elected governor in... Read more »
July 08, 2010
Union Claims Victory for Shaw's Workers; Strike Over
On July 8, workers at Shaw's supermarkets voted to end a months-long strike. There is a Shaw's store in Keene. The union www.ufcw.org called... Read more »
July 07, 2010
Valley Farmers Hit by Global Warming
Record heat and little rain has Valley farmers scrambling to irrigate their crops. Some wells are going dry, forcing farmers to drive their tractors with tanks on their trailers long distances to... Read more »