DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
It's the end of the school day at Brattleboro Union High School. The halls are quiet. A few teachers compare notes from the day. Students wait in the lobby for rides; a few talk about the weekend, while others are quiet, their heads bent over cell phones. In Ricky Davidson's new office, the sun-faded corkboard over his desk shows the shapes of the previous tenant's papers: a heart-shape document here, a few small squares in the corner. Davidson sits comfortably...
The Saxtons River Art Guild will host a one-day workshop with Vermont watercolorist John Dimick on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the United Church of Bellows Falls, 8 School St., from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Workshop fees are $70 for SRAG members and $90 for nonmembers. The theme of the workshop is "Painting Urban Landscapes." This is open to all abilities with some watercolor experience suggested. Participants will need to bring a completed drawing, as well as a 1-inch flat...
Can you hear the {enspace}h{enspace}u{enspace}m{enspace} of my ancestors when my voice shakes as I speak in the room that wasn't designed for me? Can you hear the {enspace}h{enspace}u{enspace}m{enspace} of my ancestors on transatlantic slave ships rocking together in unison, calming their bodies, and defying all odds? Can you hear the {enspace}h{enspace}u{enspace}m{enspace} of my ancestors as I challenge your fragility and deep fear of being uncomfortable, even if it means the murder, incarceration, emotional dis-ease of my people? Can you hear...
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