TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
VERNON-Liberal, progressive, conservative, orthodox, right wing, left wing - descriptive words that we use to...
SAXTONS RIVER-On Tuesday, Nov. 5, I will be voting for Leslie Goldman and Michelle Bos-Lun...
BRATTLEBORO-Dear Brattleboro Voter, You will be receiving an absentee ballot in the mail for the...
BRATTLEBORO-We were thrilled to discover Mollie Burke would be our representative to the State Legislature...
Buzz Schmidt is stepping down as president of Retreat Farm's board of directors and Lisa Whitney will take that leadership role. "It's a big moment for the farm, for sure," says Schmidt, the organization's founder. "I feel very good about the transition; I think it's the right thing to happen." He says it "makes total sense because we have a really good team in place, and it's really important that they have the latitude to do what they have to...
I am disappointed in the head of our Selectboard here in Windham and with the anti-wind group Friends of Windham. They continue to demonize and wage a smear campaign against any citizen of town whom they deem to be not stepping in line with their interests. The most recent example is the classless reaction by Frank Seawright, the head of our Selectboard, to the victory of the incumbent member of the board, Kord Scott, whom the FOW ran a candidate...
After having just climbed his eighth mountain of the summer, Mount Moosilauke in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, 78-year-old William McKim is ready to take on another monumental endeavor: performing the organ music of the Baroque. McKim says he believes that the late 17th and early 18th centuries were among - and may top - the greatest periods for music written for the organ. On Saturday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m., McKim presents a recital on the circa-1897 Tracker...
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