BRATTLEBORO — Oscar Heller has lived in Brattleboro for six years, having made a commitment to town by buying a building on Elliot Street. He has served on the Energy Committee as its chair, as a Town Meeting rep, and on the Finance Committee.
Oscar understands the impact that decisions can have on citizens, and he will be a proponent for creative solutions to pressing problems. He will also be a strong voice on climate and environmental issues.
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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...
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced on July 7 the planned reopening of its satellite office at 870 U.S. Route 5. That office, along with ones in St. Johnsbury and St. Albans, will reopen in early August. No plans have yet been announced to reopen satellite offices in Middlebury and White River Junction. The DMV says it is developing a reopening plan. All five satellite offices have been closed since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local...
Rich Holschuh is co-director of the Atowi Project, an Elnu Abenaki community initiative "to affirm Native relationships to the Land and its inhabitants, raise Indigenous voices, and foster inclusion with understanding, in place," according to the organization's website. I offer these remarks on behalf of the Vermont state-recognized Abenaki communities for whom I advocate, and that are involved in a protracted, unilateral, and dismaying political challenge. Whereas I speak as an individual, I recognize that I am only enabled to...
Theatre Adventure, Inc. is a nonprofit organization providing year-round performing arts programming for people with disabilities. Working with student’s individual abilities, they create productions using multiple artistic media in which the unique abilities of each student can flourish. Theatre Adventure recently received a $15,000 Creative Futures Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to create innovative performances throughout the pandemic. “In response to creating and developing our hybrid program, the students have risen to new levels of independence and leadership, as...
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