DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
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Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
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The Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) entered the final phase of a three-phase rehabilitation and renovation project this month. Construction costs for the project totaled $8.9 million, according to WWHT Executive Director Connie Snow. The funds spruced up 83 of the housing trust's older apartments across 13 buildings. Improvements included refinishing or replacing flooring, updating fixtures, and energy and heating upgrades. According to Snow, staff noticed more than two years ago that some of the apartments purchased during the...
BRATTLEBORO-Rita Corbin, a graphic artist and printmaker, became involved in the Catholic Worker movement while living in New York City in the 1950s. The co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement and Catholic Worker newspaper, Dorothy Day, hired Corbin to make illustrations for the newspaper, and they became friends. Corbin became a lifelong contributor and was one of the three primary Catholic Worker artists, along with Fritz Eichenberg and Ade Bethune. In 1954, she married Martin Corbin, editor and literary critic.
On behalf of the Putney Big Tree Quest planning committee, we extend a huge thank you to all who made the Quest possible. These people include the community members who enthusiastically submitted 106 Big Tree entries, Julia Von Ranson and the Putney Public Library for being home base, Amber Paris for her Big Tree artwork, Ruby McAdoo and Sam Quintal for graphics, Ines Zeller Bass for the art making event, Josh Fields, Ann Kerry, Gino Palmeri, Tom Hinkley, Dawn Zweig,
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