Love this story! Ana was my son Leo's preschool teacher. I am so happy for the family and the amazing resourcefulness and commitment that brought them all back together. So happy for Ana.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran. BRATTLEBORO-Recently,
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
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State officials say they've found a way to force Entergy to continue to pay for Vermont Yankee's 10-mile emergency zone. In a surprise announcement May 26, Public Service Department Commissioner Chris Recchia said the state has new statutory authority to “bill back” Entergy for emergency planning activities in towns around the Vernon nuclear plant. Recchia expects the state also will be billing the plant's owner for other Vermont Yankee–related work such as groundwater testing and nonradiological waste monitoring. All told,
Jay Craven's newest film, Peter and John, will play four Vermont preview dates between April 29 and May 3 before its official premiere in late June. The first showing will be at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. A reception will precede the film at 5:30 p.m. with Craven and special guests from the film. Peter and John is based on the 19th century novel Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant, and it's...
Thanks for publishing Heidi Watts' poignant and compelling account of the purge of teachers at Putney Central School in 1966 for being “Quakers and communists.” Anyone who knows Heidi - or Anne Fines, another teacher purged from Putney - knows what amazing educators they went on to become. Heidi has, for decades, been helping set up education at Auroville, an intentional community in India. Anne's long career as an educator included creating the SCAMP summer program for pre-K students to...
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