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By Nancy Eve Cohen
The Windham and Bennington County Regional Commissions have received $472,000 in disaster recovery funding from the federal government. The goal is to revitalize the economy in Southern Vermont, an area…
By Sylvia Poggioli
Over the past week, Pope Francis has launched a crescendo of attacks on the global financial system and what he calls a "cult of money" that does not help…
By Amy Kolb Noyes
There is no longer a food shelf in the Weathersfield village of Perkinsville, or anywhere else in Weathersfield. That has created a hardship – not just…
By Amy Kolb Noyes
Is it necessary or beneficial to have both a Regional Planning Commission and a separate Economic Development Corporation serving the same population?…
By Bob Kinzel
Senator Patrick Leahy’s plan to strengthen an investment visa program has been added to the massive immigration reform bill before the U.S. Senate Judiciary…
By Susan Keese
Tempers have erupted in the town of Rockingham over a decision to close the public library during renovations this summer.
By Peter Biello
VPR's Bob Kinzel runs through the unfinished business of Vermont's 2013 Legislative Session.
By Amy Kolb Noyes
VPR’s Public Post pores through municipal public documents, posted online, to bring you local news from Vermont’s cities, towns, villages and gores.…
By John Dillon
A federal court judge has set a hearing date for early June in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s latest legal challenge against the state of Vermont.
Gov. Shumlin signs #VT end of life bill while physicians and hospitals ponder how and if to implement it. #VPRNews #VTPoli
In response to petition Orwell #VT lowered North Orwell Rd. speed limit to 25 from Main St. to northern village limits. #PublicPost #VPRNews
Brighton #VT #TownPlan is updated and online: brightonvt.org/planning-zonin… #OpenGov #NEK #PublicPost #VPRNews
Tue 5/21/13 Noon & 7 pm When writer Sue Halpern faced the loneliness and boredom of an empty nest, she decided to face it in an unusual way. She and her dog Pranksy began visiting a local nursing home…
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Yahoo's $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr could be considered a bargain compared to its other big-dollar bets. The company's history is dotted with pricey purchases of once-hot Web properties that had more…
When movie stars become unbankable, they're no longer a slam dunk at the box office. When investments become unbankable, they're relegated to the Wall Street's junk pile. For ordinary Americans deemed…
Fox News said that it was "outraged," after learning that the Justice Department obtained the personal emails of one of its reporters during the course of a 2009 leak investigation.
Harvard professor emeritus Edward O. Wilson is regarded as one of the world’s preeminent biologists, sociobiologists, and naturalists. An entomologist, he’s the world’s leading authority on ants.…
When the Governor signed the Equal Pay bill into law, I eagerly watched his hand move across the page, thanked him for the commemorative pen and cheered.
The smallest capital in the United States has returned to its customary somnolence; the Vermont legislature has adjourned for the year. There were a few bills that stalled in committee, or got put off…
Meghan Benzel, a recent Landmark College graduate, served as an AmeriCorps volunteer in neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and more recently, Superstorm Sandy.
