BRATTLEBORO — Lester Dunklee is the best! I go in with some pretty random requests and projects. I have yet to stump him.
Sometimes it takes a minute, but that light bulb above his head always lights.
Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with...
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Green Mountain Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (GMRSVP) would like to thank the voters of...
BELLOWS FALLS-Greater Falls Connections (GFC), a substance misuse prevention coalition located in Bellows Falls, thanks...
The 2017 legislative session started quietly in Montpelier. The level of alignment between the priorities of Democrat-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Phil Scott on issues like mental health, child care, the opioid crisis, and the budget made for a relatively tranquil session. That wasn't a surprise. As a senator and lieutenant governor, Scott held a reputation for sitting everyone down at the table and hashing out solutions to divisive problems. But then, mere weeks before the Legislature adjourned, the kumbaya...
I feel the caption about someone using the cell phone at the Brattleboro Goes Fourth parade was uncalled for. I happen to know the person and she was taking pictures throughout and waving, just like every other person. In fact, she was letting me know where they were at so I would not miss them, as I am visually impaired. I feel this float had a lot of hard work put into it. I feel it is rude to point...
Rockabilly Hall of Fame recording artist Marty Wendell will perform as the final show in the 2019 Wardsboro Curtain Call Music Series at Wardsboro Town Hall on Saturday, Oct. 19. Musically weaned on an old Philco radio, the veteran singer-songwriter from Ticonderoga, N.Y., says he grew up whetting an appetite for rockabilly, folk, country, and pop to blues and gospel. Influenced by the legendary Sun Records artists like Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, Wendell entered a church talent show where...
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