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...
In the latest legal confrontation in a long string of civil claims and counterclaims surrounding one of the last independent pharmacies in the area, the former owners of Greater Falls Pharmacy are seeking judicial intervention to keep the current owners from closing the business. On Sept. 8, Michelle and Donald Laurendeau, who have operated the pharmacy since 2018, announced on the pharmacy Facebook page that, "due to the changing pharmacy environment and the impact these changes have had on our...
The Green Mountain Care Board has recently granted double-digit rate increases to Vermont's largest insurance companies. The board was created to oversee the transition to universal health care. It is now chaired by a Koch brothers operative, appointed by a governor who is a Koch brothers beneficiary. The board's functional mission now is to enrich insurance companies, reward hospitals for profiting from the sick, and oversee the handing over of Vermont's health-care system to a corporation, One Care, that is...
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services, Southeastern Vermont's community mental-health agency, will host a multidisciplinary art show at the River Garden during the month of March. The art comes from an array of artists, classically trained and outsiders alike, who are part of the HCRS community. The show represents more than 50 artists employed and/or served by the nonprofit agency. “We believe in the therapeutic value of creative expression and look forward to seeing the incredible artwork entered in the show...
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