BELLOWS FALLS — I'm not sure what communities in this area have an easier time recruiting new people for fire departments or retaining them.
Most departments that I talk to - both in the area and out of the area - have the same issue as Putney.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
A small audience gathered in the library of Wilmington's Old School Community Center on June 19 to share their visions for a thriving Southern Vermont. The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation and its counterparts in Bennington County held the fifth of five meetings across Bennington and Windham counties last week. The economic development organizations are creating the first multi-county Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The plan will link the two counties' local economic visions and efforts into a single Southern Vermont...
The New England Center for Circus Arts is stepping into the forefront of contemporary circus in the U.S., according to a news release, in part by making moves to support up and coming American companies. According to the release, NECCA co-Artistic Director Elsie Smith worked to secure an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts through which NECCA can now offer a series of three-week residencies throughout the year to qualifying applicant companies. On Thursday, Aug. 30,
I have always found Bill McKibben to be an inspiring and committed climate activist, as well as just one of those special people in the world, a truly decent human being. What I have especially appreciated about him, however, is his ability to present a credible balance between realistic possibilities for change while at the same time offering a no-bull assessment of our current climate situation. But in his otherwise-fine and aptly entitled essay "Global Temps Not Just Off the...
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