Singer Philip Hamilton will perform a public concert in Keene on April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Hamilton teaches at Columbia University. Born in West Medford, Massachusetts, Hamilton graduated from... Read more »
April 09, 2010
$1 Billion to Clean Up Valley Nuke
Earlier this year, the Vermont senate voted to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in 2012. Yankee is a few miles from Massachusetts and a stone’s throw from New... Read more »
April 06, 2010
For Construction Workers in Massachusetts, It Pays to Join a Union
In Massachusetts, painters, carpenters, electrical workers, and other construction industry workers make an average of $13 more per hour when they join a union. That’s according to a new study... Read more »
April 04, 2010
Group Saves 593 Acres Near Brattleboro From Development
A local group of volunteers on March 31 used public and private funds to buy 593 acres of forestland near Brattleboro. The group then gave the land to the town of Marlboro, Vermont so the land can... Read more »
April 03, 2010
Keene Police Harass Striking Workers; Leave Girl Scouts
On April 3, the Keene police ordered protesters to leave the parking lot of a Shaw's supermarket in Keene under threat of arrest, but allowed Girl Scouts to keep selling cookies in the same... Read more »