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.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
After multiple Selectboard meetings, a petition, and an hour-long public information session on whether taxpayers should fund a new central fire station, on August 9, voters overwhelmingly chose to support the West Dummerston Volunteer Fire Department. According to Town Clerk Laurie Frechette, the tally was 401 yes, 69 no, and two blank ballots. Fire department officials have said that the current central station is inadequate for modern firefighting needs. Some of their trucks are too large to fit inside the...
Author and Jungian analyst Polly Young-Eisendrath will look at the Buddhist perspective on engaging with daily life in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library on Main Street on Wednesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Her talk, “What the Buddhists Teach: Finding Clarity in Everyday Life,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Young-Eisendrath will discuss the Buddhist model for remaining fully engaged in the ups and downs of...
I'm sitting in the bathroom, basically locking myself in solitary confinement while I type on my phone. I'm not hiding from my kids - no, that would be cliché and no different from what I do every day. Hiding is my norm, but tonight I am hiding from something a little more dangerous and harder to avoid. Tonight, I huddle in the bathroom and hunker down in my safety bunker because I need to prove to myself that I can...
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