I applaud and commend my fellow Vermonters for the courage and foresight in this step toward a health-care system that is no longer for-profit and no longer carries costs that are arbitrary and capricious.
I am anxiously awaiting this system's rollout; I have no doubt it will be successful, but more importantly, it will allow access to health care for all, regardless of economic status.
Thank you, Vermont! Hurrah for Vermont!
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
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Aging from a woman's perspective, loss, and death: topics many avoid in polite conversation. Madeleine May Kunin faces each one in her new memoir, Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties. Readers and admirers filled the Catherine Dianich Gallery on Oct. 13 for an early-morning presentation and book signing as part of the Brattleboro Literary Festival. “Life doesn't stop,” Kunin said. “It goes on, and you continue to be curious and make new friends and enjoy the good parts.”
First off, I would like to comment on the statistic that 40 percent of gun sales are done without background checks. This number came from a survey of around 250 people done 20 years ago, before background checks were even required. To continue the use of this discredited statistic shows that no real research has gone on here. I would then ask the reader and the author of this column to think about the opening paragraph. Can anyone honestly think...
The Stone Church, 210 Main Street, in partnership with the Vermont Blues Society, presents Grammy-nominated blues singer-guitarist Jontavious Willis on Friday, July 29, at 8 p.m. “Every generation or so, a young bluesman bursts onto the scene who sends a jolt through blues lovers,” reads the bio on Willis' website, “someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul. At the age of 22, bluesman Jontavious Willis may...
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