DUMMERSTON — Randolph Holhut writes about sports with remarkable precision and imagination.
We also appreciate the balanced tone of his Sports Roundup columns, which are never biased toward a particular team.
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...
BELLOWS FALLS-Longtime area educator Kate Kane has been named the new principal of Central Elementary School (CES). On April 11, the Rockingham School Board appointed her to the K–4 school on the recommendation of Superintendent Andy Haas, effective July 1. Kane grew up in Cambridgeport, graduating from Bellows Falls Union High School in 1984. She was an English and classics major at Tufts University and got her teaching certificate when she decided that she was interested in a career in...
Main Street Arts has been awarded a Quality of Life Grant of $12,500 by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation toward funding the purchase and installation of an elevator to increase accessibility to its two-story building and theater. The community arts organization is in the midst of an $875,000 building renovation and expansion project that also includes accessible bathrooms, an exterior ramp, and other features designed to make the center's programs and performances available to all. The award was one...
I did not miss the irony when I saw that Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio attended the People's Climate March. Allegedly, these two feel climate change is caused by people and that we must downsize and stop our over-consumption, but they don't feel strongly enough to reflect that belief in their own lives. Both own gigantic McMansions, fly in private jets, travel with huge respective entourages, and own multiple homes instead of just one. We can add to our list...
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