WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!
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...
Visitors to the Retreat Meadows on Route 30 across from the Retreat Farm have a new opportunity to experience the confluence of the West and Connecticut rivers from a perspective that celebrates and honors the region as the homeland of the Abenaki people. After a brief ceremony on Aug. 13, leaders of the Elnu Abenaki and the Retreat Farm joined Native Americans and others in the community in unveiling an interpretive sign for Wantastegok, the original Abenaki word for the...
As the Peace Corps prepares to mark its 60th anniversary year, 2021will also mark the redeployment of volunteers following the difficult decision last spring to temporarily suspend its global programs due to the coronavirus pandemic. This redeployment can serve as a moment of rejuvenation for the Peace Corps and our national reconnection with the world, as well as our recommitment to building world peace and friendship. A source of frustration, and one familiar to all Peace Corps activities, is the...
For Jessica Gelter, staging a performance of “A Christmas Carol” with her husband, James ”Jay” Gelter, represents “the classic problem of it being a well-known, often-performed parable.” The play, based on a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1843, has been adapted and performed for stage and screen countless times - including for the past three years by Vermont Theatre Company. The classic problem: how to keep a beloved classic storyline fresh and relevant without the characters devolving into...
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