BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
Potholes, U-turns, and roadblocks have littered the road to finding a location for a town skateboard park. But the road may have finally reached the destination on Tuesday night, as the Selectboard unanimously approved a site in the lower northeastern corner of Living Memorial Park. The board also approved asking Representative Town Meeting for $20,000 toward the project. Jeffrey Clark, chair of the Brattleboro Area Skatepark is Coming (BASIC) committee, said the Theresa Brungardt Senior Area was the committee's top...
Like many students, Elayne Clift first read The Scarlet Letter in high school and has admired the character of Hester Prynne ever since. “Hester Prynne has always been my literary heroine,” she says. “I just think she's the most extraordinary woman, and I love the story.” Enough so that Clift has moved Prynne and her daughter, Pearl, from the Puritan setting of Hawthorne's original and has re-imagined the characters in a more modern setting. Hester's Daughters, Clift's new novel, chronicles...
These words echo from Seattle to Wisconsin to Vermont. They are real words describing how real teachers feel, what real teachers know, from coast to coast. When will someone hear us, for our children? In the meantime, those of us who have been in the classroom and have been at Green Mountain Camp teacher's camp have, more importantly, been blessed with this experience. It makes a difference, for our lives and thus for our students. Teachers, anywhere, give yourselves this...
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