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!
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
-The Windham County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) invites the public to a series of public meetings about the Windham County Sheriff's Regional Policing Initiative, its effort to improve access to rural law enforcement through shared services across municipalities. According a WCSO news release, the initiative was launched in 2023 and is focused "on addressing the needs of the many Windham County towns that do not have their own municipal police departments." By fostering collaboration and sharing resources among towns, the goal...
NEWFANE-During December, Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West St., will present "Nature's Joy," a show featuring a variety of artwork by Jen Wood. The show includes landscapes and other subjects of nature in watercolor, a medium that Wood says she has been doing seriously only for about three years. "I've been doing oil painting since my early 20s, sporadically in and around kids and life," says Wood. Born in Putney, Wood grew up on a farm, so...
Janice Wesley Kelsey was 16 years old during the spring of 1963 when she became involved in the civil rights movement. Her motivation to join the movement had nothing to do with civil rights. Kelsey had a friend whose mother was involved in the movement. This was before there were latchkey kids, so when her friend's mother went to the movement, her friend had to go to the movement, too. That friend would come back to school talking about the...
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