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!
Tristan Roberts ([email protected]) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
Strolling of the Heifers' successful farm and food business accelerator, Windham Grows, is in full swing with its third cohort. The current group of entrepreneurs, who started the program in July, are from all over the Northeast. In its first 18 months, Windham Grows mentored 13 Windham County businesses. The combined scale of the program's first phase equates to the 13th largest employer in the county with 150 employees, over $500,000 in outside investments, and 30 new jobs to the...
Puppeteer Brad Shur visits from Boston to present “The Magic Soup and Other Stories” at Sandglass Theater in Putney on Saturday, Feb. 2. Uncle Murray is coming over for dinner, but there's no food in sight! A young man's search for a family recipe brings folk tales to life in the fast-food-filled kitchen of his bachelor pad. Based on a collection of traditional Yiddish stories, “The Magic Soup” teaches that it is those with wit, humor and imagination who have...
Imagine driving up Route 30 through Newfane and Harmonyville into Townsend, and then, suddenly, the scenic splendor of Vermont turns into a typically ugly strip mall. That is the danger of Dollar General putting up one of its stores where Lawrence's Smoke Shop is right now. The pattern of such stores is that one store of its kind encourages other such stores, and then, what was once a cultural asset is destroyed forever. Corporations such as Dollar General drive local...
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