RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Dummerston might be getting a new Dunkin' Donuts store, but it won't have a drive-through window. On Jan. 4, the town Development Review Board (DRB) issued a conditional use permit for the doughnut shop to Sandri Realty of Greenfield, Mass., the owners of Mike & Terry's Exit 4 Sunoco on Route 5, near Exit 4 of Interstate 91 and the Dummerston/Putney town line. But the DRB rejected a request to build a drive-up window at the gas station, and to...
BRATTLEBORO-For more than two decades, Sandy Rouse has unflinchingly led the Brattleboro Literary Festival, the annual October event she co-founded. Rouse still - with a troupe of volunteers and supporters - researches writers, negotiates appearances, and pays the bills. She provides the perennial glue to sustain this mainstay among the town's many arts offerings, which returns Friday through Sunday, Oct.18 to 20, at sites throughout downtown. Known for honoring both emerging and award-winning authors, the Festival has hosted a long...
My mother is a refugee, and my father is also an immigrant. Whenever I see refugees coming to the USA, I identify with them. Even though this is a country made up mostly of immigrants, xenophobia - like racism - still lives deep inside all of us. Many won't admit it, but it's true. Hard economic times tend to fan the flames of racism and xenophobia. So does certain kinds of rhetoric by politicians. Certain types of charismatic leaders -
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