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Tristan Roberts ([email protected]) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
The Selectboard won't adopt a local statement promoting abortion rights to avoid potentially complicating a statewide November vote on the issue. The five-member board has spent a month considering a “Resolution to Protect Pregnant People's Access to Abortion,” which has come with calls to financially assist supportive health care providers with up to $100,000 in tax money. “In the face of oppressive action, oppressive laws, laws that take us backwards, laws that infringe on people's liberties, it's important to say...
To honor the 50th anniversary of the release of the Grateful Dead's album Europe '72, Bearly Dead of Boston will perform the work in its entirety at Historic Memorial Hall on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. “The band's upbeat tempo and deep jams will keep you moving,” says Joe Levy, booking manager of Historic Memorial Hall. “We decided to play the entire album since it was 50 years to the day since it was released,” Bearly Dead guitarist Nick...
The Legislature has recently passed S.13 establishing a task force to study and implement updates to weighting factors in Vermont's education funding formula. The task force will use a study commissioned by the Vermont Legislature and completed by Professor Kolbe from the University of Vermont. The study contains some very specific recommendations for how to address the issue of inequity, which will serve as the basis for the group's work. It is important to note that the recommendations of the...
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