GUILFORD — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
Roger Katz was one of the good guys, one of the best. Very sad to say goodbye.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) Superintendent Mark Speno has been given a two-year contract. WSESU board members Chair Kerry Amidon, Michelle Luetjen Green, Liz Adams, Kelly Young, and Tim Maciel voted unanimously on Jan. 11 to authorize Amidon to negotiate and sign the agreement. “Congratulations,” Amidon said as applause erupted in the room. “Thank you,” replied Speno. “I am grateful and appreciative of the extension,” Speno told The Commons after the meeting. “I look forward to continuing to work with...
The Crowell Gallery at the Moore Free Library presents an exhibit by the Saxtons River Art Guild (SRAG) throughout October. An artist reception takes place on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served outside. Visitors will see a wide variety of media, style, and subject matter created by 14 members of the guild. Some artists included in the exhibit: • John Dimick, who has been drawing and sketching his entire life, took up watercolor when...
More than 2,000 Vermonters currently live behind bars, but Vermont's prison system has room for only about 1,600 of them. That means the Department of Corrections must ship some 480 Vermont inmates to out-of-state prisons. Since 2010, about 100 of those inmates have been housed at the Franklin County Jail and House of Corrections, a medium-security jail in nearby Greenfield, Mass. Most of the inmates in Greenfield, according to Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito, are either nonviolent offenders serving short...
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