Voices
Focus on Act 46
On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Marvin Resnikoff is an international consultant on radioactive waste issues. A nuclear physicist and a...
ROCKINGHAM-I am concerned and dismayed over the recent decision by the management of North Star...
BRATTLEBORO-Denise Gebroe is correct that the issues motivating the No Surveillance in Health Care campaign...
LEYDEN, MASS.-In response to Holland Mills' recent letter, it's essential to address significant omissions and...
A $150,000 grant from TD Bank will help Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) cope with myriad housing challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money, says Executive Director Elizabeth Bridgewater, will support a collaboration between WWHT and Groundworks Collaborative, another social-services nonprofit, to provide housing and supportive services for residents living at The Chalet in West Brattleboro. The Chalet follows the model of the Trust's Great River Terrace, hailed as the first permanent supportive housing project in southern Vermont...
Today, something odd happened. The significance of my trip to the grocery store sunk in, and the shock of it stunned me. For the first time in my life, I used food stamps at a grocery store. And for the first time in my life, I bought food without worrying about the cost. It took a day to understand what I'd felt: the relief, the absence of anxiety, almost an elation, as I filled my basket, then handed the clerk...
On Saturday, Oct. 22, Compass School will host its annual Fiesta, with a Latin American-inspired tapas-style dinner and a musical performance by Cara Trezise. Trezise is a vocal artist, dancer, and educator based in Vermont. “Her inexhaustible passions for song, food, movement, and sparkle offer a joyously eclectic musical experience,” say organizers. Trezise will perform a set of Cuban/Latin music on guitar and then facilitate a salsa dance class, “guaranteed to enliven your bodies and spirits!” say organizers. More about...
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