VERNON — Well, it sounds like a variation of the proverbial “you reap what you sow,” only in this case, Windham County will reap what those in Montpelier and elsewhere have sown.
Just remember: I told you so.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
As operations chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District, Frank Fedele oversees a $47 million budget, 33 flood-management projects and 116 recreation areas. Lately, though, he and his staff have been hearing a lot about one particular Army Corps property – Townshend Dam. And the conversations have not been pleasant, with town officials joining state and federal legislators in raising economic and environmental concerns about the site. Fedele said the Army Corps, after hearing from Vermont's...
Here's a modest proposal: a swap of westbound road names for Brattleboro and Westminster. Both towns have only one paved road to their west villages. Westminster's road is free of potholes and worthy of a grand-sounding name like “Western Avenue” to go along with “King's Highway.” The Patch family wouldn't object if Brattleboro borrowed the existing name. That way, Route 9 would have periodic street signs that state “Patch Road.”
Three students from Windham County will be at the Barre Opera House on March 8 to compete in the 2017 Vermont Poetry Out Loud state competition. These young people will join students from 34 Vermont high schools representing 11 counties to vie for the state championship in the national poetry recitation competition. The state winner will compete in the national competition in April. “The Poetry Out Loud program not only connects students to poets and poetry, it helps students develop...
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