BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
MARLBORO-Covid showed us how to combat global warming and climate change. Remember the photos of...
BRATTLEBORO-Rep. Emilie Kornheiser has the knowledge, the experience, and the relationships to do the job...
BRATTLEBORO-By fighting for programs for the most marginalized, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser ensures a better quality...
Town officials are updating emergency plans and coordinating extensively with other first responders, health care providers, and community leaders in southeastern Vermont to be ready if the COVID-19 coronavirus becomes present here. As of March 2, cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but no cases had yet been confirmed in Vermont. In a news release, Town Manager Peter Elwell told residents that state and federal agencies “are urging people in areas like ours where the...
I am voting for Wendy Harrison, and I hope you will, too. I met Wendy in 2016 when we both were serving on the Windham Regional Commission. She immediately struck me as someone who is rational and thoughtful, yet also brings her whole heart to improving our communities and our quality of life. Later, I saw her bring these same qualities to her work as municipal manager in Bellows Falls and Rockingham. Wendy is an unflinching problem solver. She listens...
Each year, Turning Point of Windham County hosts A Beautiful Journey, a storytelling event where people in recovery from substance-use disorder share their personal stories. Organizers say these stories range “from the time before they used substances, to the time when substance use consumed their lives and, finally, to the time when they found recovery through hope and connection with their communities.” “They will tell us that substance-use disorder is not a choice; it is a brain disease that impacts...
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