BRATTLEBORO — RE: “From Vermont family court to judging war criminals” [News, Oct. 10]:
Patty Whalen, and the entire wave of women appointed to the bench during the Madeleine Kunin era, brought Vermont forward in reducing gender bias in Vermont courtrooms, but she did not end it.
Vermont still has a long way to go.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
The same weather combination of frigid nights and sunny days that signals sugar maples to release their sap also leads to a less-pleasant part of Vermont's spring: mud season. As the warm days cause the frost deep in dirt roads to thaw, the extra water turns the roads into the soupy bane of a car's exhaust system. Throughout mud season, Director of Public Works Steve Barrett sends a member of the DPW to drive all 30 miles of Brattleboro's dirt...
First of all, let me say my opinion is based on experience in EMS, albeit years ago. I was a volunteer and full time employee of Rescue Inc. for almost 14 years through the 1970s and early '80s. More importantly, I am a citizen of Brattleboro and have to live with the decisions of our local officials, whether I like them (the decisions) or not. We were informed by town officials that the Fire Department in conjunction with Golden Cross...
Vermont Theatre Company presents The Last Five Years, a heartfelt musical by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Ryan Buck. The show runs April 27-29 and May 4-6. Evening performances at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Performances will be held at the Dummerston Evening Star Grange, 100 East-West Rd., East Dummerston. The Last Five Years premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was produced off-Broadway in March of 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both...
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