Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with...
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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...
After a year of mostly virtual learning from home and being without daily contact with friends and other social engagement, Vermont students will return to in-person schooling this fall. But first, the state wants to make the summer count by funding enrichment programs to help ease that year-long isolation. To that end, Gov. Phil Scott, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a South Burlington–based nonprofit, Vermont Afterschool, have announced the recipients of the Summer Matters for All grant program. In...
Re: “'Happy Holidays' is not the problem” [Viewpoint, Dec. 21], by Rev. Emily Heath. I am so incredibly thankful that someone has finally said the thing that needs saying, and has said it so well. My mother raised me to think the way the writer suggests, and it makes me so mad to hear people get so nasty and bent out of shape about it. It's decidedly non-Christian-like. I recently moved back here after having spent 20 years in a...
The next Wardsboro Curtain Call event is the dance party with The Wyld Nightz Band on Friday, May 19. Admission is $10 at the door; this includes a pasta supper, so doors will open at 6 p.m. Music begins at 7 p.m. at Wardsboro Town Hall on Main Street. The Wyld Nightz Band is a Brattleboro favorite, formed more than 10 years ago. Founding members Michael McKinney (guitar, trumpet, vocals) and Jeff Brewer (guitar, vocals) work to emphasize dance music...
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