PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
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This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
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BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many observers both inside and outside the Vermont State House called "drastic," and which Vermont Public called "the single most transformational piece of education legislation passed in Vermont in modern times" if all its provisions are enacted. Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who made the effect of school spending on property taxes a cause célèbre during the last election cycle, approves of the bill and has pledged...
Brattleboro Clayworks is preparing for the 14th annual Empty Bowls Dinner with a Bowlerama event on Saturday, June 10. Bowlerama offers an opportunity for those who have little or no experience working with clay to create a bowl to donate to the dinner, held each Columbus Day weekend at Landmark College as a fundraiser for the Groundworks Food Shelf. Bonnie Stearns, Alan Steinberg, and Annie Lauterbach will be available to help bowl-makers get started, provide basic instruction, and troubleshoot if...
Lisa Jablow is a longtime animal advocate and a board member of Protect Our Wildlife and the Windham Disaster Animal Response Team. Bray's bill (S.258) was passed by the Senate and died this session in the House Committee on Environment and Energy. BRATTLEBORO-The wildlife advocacy movement has never been stronger in Vermont. Over the past few years, the State House has been bustling with bills seeking to improve wildlife protection and conservation, thanks to a completely dysfunctional, intractable, and self-serving...
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