WEST BRATTLEBORO — Beautifully written! It's easy to lose sight of the ones we do help when we focus our hearts on the ones we can't.
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...
Racial justice activist Curtiss Reed Jr. had a dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream. A Ben & Jerry's ice cream dream that the company would create its first flavor recognizing a current person of color - specifically, football quarterback and fellow advocate Colin Kaepernick. This month, that dream suddenly and surprisingly came true. The Vermont ice cream maker has announced it will honor Kaepernick with a new frozen dessert, with its theme a blend of the player's civil...
At the end of this year's regular legislative session, both education finance/tax and state budget bills passed by large tripartisan majorities. Governor Rick Scott vetoed both, citing the property-tax increases that the bills allow to go into place. I voted for both because I believe they struck a good balance for where we are in time with our distributed education system. The governor vetoed both bills because of the property-tax increase they would allow this year. In addition, and importantly,
The art of Saxtons River Elementary School students will be on display at Main Street Arts from March 9 to April 21 in a show entitled “98 Works of Art.” All current students will have pieces hung in the gallery, with an opening reception for them and the public on Friday, March 9, from 5 to 6 p.m. Members of the student council will be selling snacks to support school projects. The exhibit provides a unique opportunity to see the...
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