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BREAKING: Vermont Yankee to close its doors in 2014 27 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
The Wall Street Journal: Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today said it plans to close and decommission its Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vt. The station is expected to cease power p...
Vermont Natural Resource Council says no to F-35's 24 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
Kudos to the VNRC for taking a stand against the F-35 basing in South Burlington. They have sent a letter to Mayor Weinberger and the City Council to that effect. It's tough to do, given our usually...
Walmart gets ironic. 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Only the ironically impaired will read about Walmart's latest promotion without a smirk. Walmart, we are told, is pushing "made in America" as its new theme. the Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter p...
Another Bad Break for the Lake 22 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
Algae blooms choking St. Albans Bay are only a part of the bad news for water quality in Franklin County and Vermont as a whole. Both the City and the Town of St. Albans are actively pursuing ambitio...
How green is Vermont, really? 21 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
Now that our annual Lake Champlain Toxic Algae Festival is off to a rip-roaring start, I thought it was time to explore a question that's been percolating in the back of my mind for a while now. The q...
Our structurally wretched economy 20 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Submitted for your approval: 1. Vermont's jobless rate rises for the fourth straight month. What's worse, the number of employed Vermonters continued to drop: our employed workforce has dwindled by 4...
A New Hero 20 Aug 2013 | 08:08 am
Who knew that southern states would take the gift John Roberts handed them in June and move so quickly to start with their voter suppression efforts? (Okay, we all knew, and that was pretty much the p...
Woodbury over-rules Select Board on ATV ordinance 20 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
Last month, the Woodbury Select Board approved the VASA-written ordinance allowing ATVs on certain class 3 town roads. This was after a 4 hour long, very heated, public hearing the month before. Alm...
What should the Progs do? (And, a punditry FAIL) 20 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
I was out of town most of last week, so I hope you'll pardon a piece or two of catch-up business. Still relevant, I think. The Progressive Party's recent state meeting caused a brief flurry of pundit...
Angry Jack has a point. How far will he take it? 19 Aug 2013 | 10:12 am
Hearty congratulations to "Angry Jack" Lindley, chair of the VTGOP, for rising -- however briefly -- out of the fog of political irrelevance that is his usual lot in life, and actually... wait for it....
