PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
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...
Rows of brown paper lunch bags sit on a folding table under a pop-up tent behind Fire Station 2 in West Brattleboro as Academy School kindergarten teacher Maureen Parzych pulls additional meals from a cooler in anticipation of a swarm of students and families. The packed breakfasts and lunches are part of Windham Southeast School District's (WSESD's) food distribution program. As schools and other community spaces close in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, community members...
The End Of America returns to Stage 33 Live, at 33 Bridge St., on Saturday, Nov. 2, co-headlining with Oshima Brothers. This is the first show of an east coast tour by the two bands. The End Of America was voted “Favorite New Artist” at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and won the Emerging Artist Showcase at Falcon Ridge, returning the next year as that festival's “Most Wanted” band. Beck invited them to play his Song Reader album release show. David...
As I was reading a recent op-ed by a legislator, I was struck by his praise of the state's “aggressive oversight of Vermont Yankee” in its attempt to curb carbon emissions. Yes, the state of Vermont leads in in-state low-carbon generation, but we buy more out-of-state fossil fuel than ever since Vermont Yankee closed. If this “aggressive oversight” in fact contributed to Vermont Yankee's closure, it cost Vermonters their largest zero-carbon-energy provider. In just a few weeks, Vermonters will have...
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