BRATTLEBORO — I write to support David Schoales in his bid for re-election to his three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard.
He has been on the right side of many important issues facing us, from the vote to hire a sustainability coordinator to working to get high-speed fiber internet service throughout the town.
David is forward-thinking, and that's what we need on the board.
Marc Schauber is executive director of the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity (CVTSE). WEST DOVER-Act...
Chuck Collins is co-editor of Inequality.org and author of the recent, Vermont-based novel Altar to...
BRATTLEBORO-To everyone at the Multicultural Center: I want to express my profound thanks and appreciation...
BRATTLEBORO-Near the end of the movie Golda, which was released for the 50th anniversary of...
Hello and good day to you, southeastern Vermonters! Summer is building now, and by mid to late next week we could be looking at high temperatures in the low 90s as a southeast U.S. ridge may start to assume its classic position and pump some heat and humidity our way. As for the upcoming week, we will be seeing increased humidity by Thursday, and especially so by Thursday night and Friday when the best chance for showers, downpours, and thunderstorms...
On Jan. 4, I saw our new Windham County senators sworn in. We will be well served by Sen. Wendy Harrison and Sen. Nader Hashim. It was a bittersweet day for me. For the first time in 20 years, I will not be serving in seat 16. Although it always sounds a bit trite, it has truly been an honor and a humbling experience to have had the faith of Windham County for two decades. Thank you. When I first...
All are welcome to attend a free virtual Abenaki speaker series this spring, hosted by the Community College of Vermont (CCV). The series invites the community to hear “three accomplished members of Vermont's Abenaki community” in the program, according to President Joyce Judy. According to a news release, the series represents CCV's ongoing effort to honor the Abenaki people, who originally stewarded the land on which the college's 12 academic centers are located. “Our hope is that these conversations will...
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