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Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
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Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Having convened a homeless housing summit last June in Montpelier, Gov. Peter Shumlin signaled his concern that all Vermonters be safely sheltered and housed throughout the year, while recognizing that barriers exist to keeping chronically homeless people housed. Last Wednesday, Shumlin issued an executive order that reconstitutes the Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness. On signing the order, Shumlin referred to three deaths of homeless people this winter from exposure. “It's a tragedy that any state would allow people to freeze...
Today, Vermonters who are struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) were given a long-awaited additional tool for survival. As of now there are no longer criminal penalties for possession of up to 224 milligrams of buprenorphine, a life-saving medication for folks with OUD. Today, Vermont made history as the first state in the nation to enact a bill of this nature and through legislative process. As Sen. Dick Sears Jr., D–North Bennington, said, “This is an example of the legislative...
Epsilon Spires presents Dr. William Tortolano, of St. Michael's College, to play the historic Estey 300 pipe organ in the Sanctuary at 190 Main St., on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at noon. The free concert inaugurates an ongoing live Lunchtime Organ Series continuing every first Wednesday, featuring accomplished organists from near and far. “Audiences are invited to bring lunch, find a comfortable spot, and become immersed as the music fills this acoustically exceptional hall,” event organizers write in a news release.
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