BRATTLEBORO — Shut off air conditioning in all government offices in the 10 most offending countries*.
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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...
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Michelle Luetjen-Green remains chair of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) School Board Chair - for now - but only after a chaotic meeting Sept. 14 where some board members looked to oust her from her role. The meeting erupted in shocked outcry from community members after Luetjen-Green, reading a statement, announced that she had been asked to relinquish her leadership. “Today, I received a phone call from [a supervisory union] board member asking me to step down as chair,”
Following is an open letter to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vermont): While the debate rages over whether the U.S. legislature has the right and responsibility to impose the code of ethics that binds other government institutions on Supreme Court appointees, I have come up with a simple solution that has the privilege of being uniquely designed for the highest-court-in-the-land officers, so venerated that we appoint them for life with no legally structured accountability other than the embarrassing and energy-intensive process...
Due to a performer testing positive for COVID-19, The Baker Street Readers postponed their performances of An Evening with Jeeeves & Wooster from Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 30 and 31, to Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19 and 20. The show will still be performed at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery, 139 Main St. The Readers are most known for reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries but are changing things up with another of England's famed literary duos. Bertie Wooster and his trusty...
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