I'm looking forward to a day when dentistry offers a system of care rather than sporadic charity care for the many Vermonters who fall through the cracks.
Michael Gigante, Ph.D. notes: "This is a piece I wrote after the first Trump election...
ATHENS-A group of morally confused Brattleboro citizens have petitioned onto the March 4 Town Meeting...
DUMMERSTON-Dear Gov. Scott, You enjoy a broad, bipartisan base of support here in Vermont, elected...
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Committee submitted recommended funding for human services nonprofits...
The number of unsheltered people in Vermont is increasing, according to Chris Winters, commissioner of the Agency of Human Services' Department of Children and Families (AHS/DCF). "We're seeing as many people coming into homelessness now as are exiting - even more," Winters reported at the Sept. 27 meeting of the Joint Fiscal Committee. Statewide, as of Sept. 27, there are 874 households in what has been dubbed the "June 30 cohort" sheltering in motels through the state's Transitional Housing Program.
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block, at 139 Main St. in Brattleboro. BRATTLEBORO-I learned of Byron Stookey's passing on the morning of April 12, just before I opened my pop-up coffee shop at the Hooker-Dunham building, where he and his wife, Lee, have lived for 15 years. You can read the beautiful obituary that was published in The Commons on April 17 to know the kind of life Byron lived. He...
Since its founding in 1951, Marlboro Music has been a major influence on four generations of young musicians who have gone on to become leading figures in all areas of music. The retreat's second weekend of programs reflects the tradition it pioneered of master artists playing alongside exceptional young professionals. The concerts on Saturday, July 22, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 23, at 2:30 p.m., on the campus of Marlboro College, will include Artistic Director Mitsuko Uchida; former St.
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