VERNON — In our world today, there is not enough water for everyone because some people are polluting water and others are taking water for themselves to sell it in bottles.
No one should own the water. It should be free for everybody.
Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with...
Michael Knapp is a software developer and entrepreneur who is passionate about social justice. GUILFORD-As...
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...
Madeleine Kunin still fields calls about serving in the last millennium as Vermont's first and so far only female governor, and later as deputy U.S. education secretary and ambassador to her birthplace of Switzerland. But, now retired, the Democratic politico turned published poet would rather wrestle with more present, personal questions. At summer's end, green leaves, shake themselves red with excitement. Same as last year, still a surprise. Each day must decide before it reveals itself - Will it still...
Lauren Alderfer, PhD, is the author of Mindful Microdosing: A Guidebook and Journal, published by Green Writers Press, available on Amazon. BRATTLEBORO-I had the privilege of watching the Vermont government in action as it considered a bill that aims to remove criminal penalties for possessing, dispensing, or selling psilocybin and to establish a Psychedelic Therapy Advisory Working Group. Together, a persuasive picture was painted as to why legalization is of timely interest in Vermont; indeed, it illustrates why legalization and...
Beginning at sundown on Friday, June 4, Epsilon Spires will project the Finnish film Tove (2020) in the parking lot of the historic First Baptist Church building at 190 Main St. This Covid-safe event, which takes place at the end of Gallery Walk, will feature refreshments by Madame Jo's crêperie from Trollhaugen Farm in Newfane, and an introductory presentation by Jo Dery, associate professor of film studies at Keene State College. The first in a series of weekly film screenings...
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