DUMMERSTON — Wonderfully detailed and complete article on the status of recycling and trash disposal but no information on how options affect the environment and climate change.
I would love to read more in a future story.
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...
The bulk of the Sept. 4 Selectboard meeting concerned parking, including a discussion that resulted in the board beginning the process to raise parking rates and soundly rejecting a suggestion to begin enforcement on Sundays. Much of the debate centered on safety, with public officials countering the narrative that poor people asking strangers for money in public lots leads to unsafe conditions in the community, including the Transportation Center on Flat Street. A few audience members spoke up about the...
It is surreal. For weeks now I've been watching a war in Europe in the 21st century in real time. It's an utterly dystopian experience to witness the destruction of a modern, democratic country with more than 40 million people who simply want to live their lives, raise their children, do their jobs, love their families. A month ago, they were sitting in cafés, walking their dogs, hugging their kids, sleeping next to their partners, caring for their parents and...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music will present “The Turning of the Year: A Holiday Celebration with John Whelan, Low Lily & Katie McNally” at Next Stage on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Seven-time all-Ireland accordion champion and Narada recording artist John Whelan teams up with roots band Low Lily and Scottish-style fiddler Katie McNally for a spectacular holiday mini-fest of traditional and original music from Ireland, Scotland, and America. Alongside uptempo jigs and reels will be lesser-known...
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