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MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Some of the most recent concerns around diversity accountability in Brattleboro sprang up in March 2017 at a Selectboard Candidates' Forum, when issues pertaining to the racial composition of the town's workforce came into the spotlight. In some circles, the issue was a point of confusion about how to proceed, given Vermont's largely-Caucasian population. But amid the confusion and cautious discussion, town members have continued efforts to address social disparities in the Brattleboro community - efforts that have entailed nearly...
The Vermont Jazz Center will kick off its 2017-18 season with an energetic blast. On Friday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m., The Cookers - a septet heralded by Downbeat Magazine as “a group of the world's best musicians”- will present two sets of jazz at its highest level. The musicians in The Cookers are Billy Harper (tenor Sax), Eddie Henderson and David Weiss (trumpet), Donald Harrison (alto saxophone), George Cables (piano), Cecil McBee (bass), and Billy Hart (drums). Each of...
Voters in Guilford, Brattleboro, Putney, and Dummerston will vote in a special election on Tuesday, May 21 for directors on the new Windham Southeast School District board. Each town will have two representatives. You'll discover on the ballot that one of the positions has no candidate listed. It's the two-year slot for Guilford. I'm pleased that Kelly Young has indicated that she will accept the position as a write-in candidate. In this election, all the positions are voted upon by...
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