WEST DUMMERSTON — Seeing the picture of Byron and Lee Stookey reminded of the years of effort this couple has given to the community, and I say “hats off” to both of them.
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...
BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...
Two in five Vermonters are experiencing food insecurity, reported Hunger Free Vermont in a recent virtual briefing on the hunger in the state. The federal government defines food insecurity as households being, at times, unable to acquire adequate food for one or more household members because they have insufficient money and other resources for food (see sidebar). Nationally, 12.8% of all U.S. households were food insecure in 2022, up from 10.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (Department) fielded a survey recently on Vermonters' attitudes towards trapping. Documents obtained via a public records request show that the Department seemed more interested in advancing a pro-trapping agenda than in genuinely understanding the public's attitudes. Despite this bias, with vaguely worded survey questions, the results still reveal that most Vermonters oppose trapping. The survey didn't clarify what types of trapping the questions were referring to, so respondents answered without knowing whether the survey...
Canal Street Art Gallery (CSAG), 23 Canal St., Bellows Falls, starts off 2022 with “New Work,” a represented artist group show premiering new artwork from each of CSAG's current roster of 21 artists. The show opens on Jan. 21 and is on view to the public through Feb. 26. Join them on (1)3rd Friday Gallery Night from 5 to 7 p.m., meet the artists, and watch the Live Artist Talk at 6 p.m. on Facebook or the CSAG website. This...
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