I am a long-time colleague of Starr's and a big fan. Brattleboro has made a brilliant choice! The town will reap rewards for years to come. I wish she were library director in my town.
Congratulations, Starr! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
Jonathan Elwell organizes with Vermont Just Justice, an organization whose mission is "to promote the...
Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities...
Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez submitted this piece on behalf of Groundworks Collaborative, where they...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
Good day to you, southeastern Vermonters! Autumn is most certainly flexing some seasonal muscle as of late, and the majority of the upcoming seven-day period will be no different. However, we will be experiencing a single, breezy, muggy and potentially stormy late-summer day for Wednesday before we drop back down into fall. In fact, after Wednesday, the period of Thursday through Monday looks fair, dry and seasonable overall, with a chance for showers by next Tuesday. Having said that, let's...
New travel restrictions for those living in Vermont and those wishing to travel to Vermont were announced on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. I think of my brother on Veterans Day, as well as Memorial Day, since he's now gone. Often, I remember my mother as well, anxiously waiting for a letter from her son in Vietnam. There were no cell phones, no email, no FaceTime, no Zoom. And that leads me to think of those men, many of whom were...
This April, student work from Dover, NewBrook, Jamaica, Townshend, and Wardsboro schools will be on display at the Moore Free Library and Crowell Gallery. Unified Arts teachers in the West River and River Valley school districts have been collaborating in connection with Vermont's Red Clover books. The Red Clover Book Award is designed for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. Each year, thousands of Vermont school children read the 10 nominated picture books and vote for their favorite in the...
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