Windham County declared a major disaster area
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and approved individual federal assistance for Windsor, Rutland and Chittenden County on Thursday.
Egnew: Vermont Yankee is a good neighbor in Windham County
Without the generosity of Vermont Yankee employees, funding for which of those organizations would have to be cut, and how many families would have to do without the help and assistance they require?
Small schools, big changes, Part 1: Changing the heart of a town
There have been many earnest state-led attempts to push consolidation and centralization of Vermont schools and school districts over the past 100 years. All have failed.
White, Galbraith top vote-getters in Windham County Dems primary for state Senate seats
In the only contested race for the House in the county, Windham District 3-1 in Brattleboro, Valerie Stuart, who runs a public relations firm, defeated Lorie Cartwright, a local attorney.
The state Senate: Vermont’s great jobs killer
Senators want the plant closed so they can have a trophy to peddle to anti-nuclear extremists who have long agitated for the plant to close.
That other important issue at Vermont Yankee
Jobs lost at the nuclear power plant would be all but impossible to replace, and the consequences of losing them would be especially stark in southern Vermont.
