BRATTLEBORO — Another excellent column by Joyce Marcel [“Kunin calls for a truce in the war on women,” April 25].
One minor correction: There are three women justices on the Supreme Court, not two. (We need them all, and more.)
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“We were all aware of the history of the hurricane of 1938 and the Latchis Theatre, and yet we assumed that something like that could never happen today,” said Gail Nunziata, managing director for the Brattleboro Arts Initiative and the Latchis Corporation. “But, of course, we were wrong,” she said.“Because it did happen to us.” The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 swept Brattleboro off its feet the very day the grand opening of the Latchis Theatre was to have...
Imagine a day-long writing party across the state where members of the community can join to share, comment on, and support one another's works. That's exactly what happened on Feb. 7 when the Young Writers Project (YWP) encouraged schools in Vermont to take a moment out of their day to get everyone - students, teachers, administrators, staff, guests, and even local businesses and organizations - to write for seven minutes, to give one another other feedback, and to display some...
With each passing year, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department (FWD) becomes more entrenched in its support of archaic laws regarding wildlife. The problems start at the top. When FWD Commissioner Jack Porter resigned last year, I hoped for a successor with modern values who would take animal ethics into consideration. Instead, Gov. Phil Scott appointed yet another commissioner - Chris Herrick - who lacks any credentials in environmental sciences or wildlife management. Ethics don't seem to be too high...
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