On February 13, the head of the USDA, U.S. senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy, and congressman Peter Welch all praised organic farmers in speeches at the annual conference of the Vermont... Read more »
February 11, 2010
Keene Area Police Have Killed Four People in Under Four Years
A Keene police officer shot and killed a man who was using a knife to hold his ex-girlfriend hostage on February 2. A preliminary report by the state attorney general found that the shooting was... Read more »
February 10, 2010
Vermont Yankee Leaking Nuclear Waste Into Connecticut River
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is leaking cancer-causing tritium, a form of nuclear waste, into the Connecticut River, a spokesperson for the Vermont Department of Health said on February... Read more »
January 29, 2010
Springfield Grocery Workers' Protest Is Feb. 1
Thousands of grocery workers throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut -- members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions 1445, 328, 371, 1459, and 919 -- are... Read more »
January 27, 2010
Photo: Brattleboro Farm
Following the current thaw, the weather is expected to get cold again on Friday. This photo was taken on January 27 on Old Ferry Road in Brattleboro. To enlarge it, please click on the photo, then... Read more »