Voices
Focus on Act 46
On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Tristan Roberts ([email protected]) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
It may seem like the stuff of fiction, but 50 years ago, before the interstate and internet brought Ben & Jerry and Burlington's Dealer.com, Vermont was such a Republican stronghold, it supported then-President Richard Nixon's reelection by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. “State residents voted true to tradition to give President Nixon an overwhelming victory against Democratic challenger George McGovern,” The Burlington Free Press, then the state's largest print news outlet, reported on its front page of Nov. 8, 1972. Vermonters...
Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., presents a matinee double-bill with Friction Farm and Eric Phelps on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. Modern folk duo Friction Farm are internationally traveling troubadours based in South Carolina. Aidan Quinn and Christine Stay combine storytelling, social commentary, and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes, "and quirky observations filled with harmony and hope," according to the artists' website. They have been Kerrville New Folk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists.
Recently, I cracked a tooth in half and needed to see my dentist. I was able to get an appointment right away. She took a careful look at my recent X-rays and inside my mouth and decided she didn't want me to go through having a crown made. Instead, she made a careful repair, hoping that it will last. I'm rolling the dice. But even better than her obvious dental abilities, she treated me with respect and she said that...
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