This story was a great read, and it brought back many memories.
I'm looking forward to the Putney Grade School reunion, and seeing all of you. Thank you for all your hard work.
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...
Brattleboro Retreat psychologist Dr. Jilisa Snyder is used to counseling Vermonters on how to cope with personal upheaval ranging from anxiety and depression to illness and death. She has been surprised to see coronavirus squeeze all those challenges together into a particularly dizzying punch. “We're living in the midst of an unprecedented situation of uncertainty,” she says. “People can feel fearful, terrified, insecure, worried, stressed, conflicted.” “This is like a major social psychological experiment, except it's real,” she adds. As...
C.X. Silver Gallery, 814 Western Ave., announces the opening reception and book launch of Liz Hawkes deNiord: Return as Ticket, on Friday, Sept. 29, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hawkes deNiord's recent paintings “record the distillation of memory, dream, allegory, and emotion into impressions using paint and mixed media,” according to a press release from the gallery. “Her large abstract works represent a reflective response to world events and personal reflections and present a visual interpretation through vivid color.” She studied...
I am very concerned with the budget plan that has been presented. The new heath care system is costing much more than we anticipated. Essentially, Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking for state employees to fix a budget issue that we did not create. Why is it up to us? We have given up and sacrificed enough over the years. The Vermont State Employees' Association (VSEA) has been quoted as being “unreasonable” and not willing to work with the state. What...
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