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!
Cassandra Holloway works for a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The United States is in a different place from where it was seven months...
GUILFORD-I want to commend Steev Lynn for correcting the historical record in response to Tristan...
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BRATTLEBORO-As described by the Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts club, the automobile "was a rare phenomenon in Vermont in the early 1900s. However, there were a few Vermonters who thought the Automobile was a viable means of transport and they set out to formalize their belief." One of those men was Andrew Chapin Wright, who lived with his widowed mother, Emily Harriet Wright, and younger brother Sherman on the corner of Greenleaf Street and Abbott Road. Their three-storied white clapboard farmhouse with...
Possum Haw, a homegrown bluegrass and country-folk quintet, comes to the Stone Church in Bellows Falls on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. It's Stone Church Arts' launch of its 11th season of presenting concerts. The Stone Church, Immanuel Episcopal Church, is at 20 Church St. According to Seven Days, listening to lead vocalist Colby Crehan belt out bluegrass and country-folk tunes, “you'd swear you were deep in Appalachia rather than in Vermont.” The band is composed of Crehan on...
I felt for Joe Biden when referring to the attempted coup and he said, “This is not who we are.” The newly elected president was trying to offer a stunned majority of Americans some false hope of normality. But, this dark side, this destructive fascistic impulse, has always been with us. Of course it's who we are. The historical evils of the past that now define our political present in the form of sedition and treason we saw in the...
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