BRATTLEBORO — This is wrong on so many levels. Let's spend more time and energy on deciding the state dog or vegetable.
With the lack of aftercare for addicts trying to get clean, and not helping those at risk of suicide, we are essentially telling folks at risk that we really don't care.
Those in government should be ashamed of themselves; as a Vermont Democrat who voted some of these folks into office, I am also ashamed.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
The Vermont National Guard is going solar. The state Public Service Board has approved construction of a 1.8-megawatt solar array on land adjacent to the Guard's armory in Westminster, ruling that the nearly 17-acre project's benefits will outweigh its impacts. Via special state statutory language, the solar installation will qualify as net-metered. That means the Guard can take full and exclusive advantage of utility bill savings and renewable energy credits created by the array. “The electricity produced by the project...
As of Jan. 6, 2021, the United States of America is certifiably insane and in a coma in need of critical care. There is no quick remedy; no drug will do the trick. Maybe surgery is the best option. But surgery by itself is not the answer. Therapy, centuries of therapy, might dig us out of the diagnosis hole of insanity and bring us back to the real world of democracy as expressed in our hallowed Constitution. As it is...
"Domestic Pleasures," a series of black and white photographs by Lynne Weinstein, is on exhibit at the Putney Public Library through June 1. Weinstein is a teacher and photographer whose work has been supported by the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation Arts Fund. Before teaching at The Putney School, Lynne was a long-time volunteer at In-Sight Photography Project and the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro. Before moving to Vermont, she worked as a photo editor at...
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