Alimony reform is much needed. Vermont needs it more than any other state, considering the ex-spouse is allowed to get remarried and still receive the alimony. That is abhorrent.
Bad law is allowing too many people to take advantage.
Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...
Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...
BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...
Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...
Water quality report is available BRATTLEBORO - The Town of Brattleboro Water Department's annual Consumer Confidence Report/Water Quality Report for 2017 is now available. This report can be viewed online at www.brattleboro.org, or written copies are available at the Brattleboro Municipal Center in the offices of the Town Manager and in the hallway near the Town Clerk's Office. The Water Quality Report can also be obtained at the Brooks Memorial Library, the Department of Public Works on Fairground Road, and...
Next Stage Arts Project Next Stage Arts will present a special literary event on Sunday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m., with Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord, hosted by renowned poet, Verandah Porche. There is a suggested donation at the door of $10. Beyond being the current Poet Laureate of Vermont and creator of the Next Stage Speaks Poetry series, deNiord is the author of five books of poems, Interstate (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), The Double Truth (University of Pittsburgh...
I am writing to share my support for Nader Hashim for Windham State Senate, a candidate who brings together kindness and competence, humility and insight. Political conversation is often harsh and divisive these days. Differences can turn quickly into personal attacks. Nader Hashim is a peacemaker and a consensus-builder. Recently, when Nader met with some community members in Guilford, I was so impressed with his curiosity as a listener and by his thoughtful, deliberate responses to thorny questions. There were...
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