BRATTLEBORO — Nicole Plympton was my daughter's teacher last year, and she was so loved and respected! I am thrilled that she is getting this recognition. Congratulations!
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
Hungry for a holiday from cooking breakfast this Christmas? Jadi Flynn and Megan Walker are hoping to help out some people. Make that 1,000 people. Flynn and Walker are the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Charlie Slate, the local man who started the free annual Christmas Breakfast that his family and 60 friends are set to continue for hundreds of diners and delivery recipients. Slate began the tradition in 1982 upon noticing most restaurants closed for the holiday. This year, volunteers...
Green Mountain Camp (GMC) is kicking off “Harness the Sun,” a campaign to purchase solar panels, with an outdoor music event on Sunday, May 15, rain or shine. The “Harness the Sun” campaign is committed to making GMC a green(er) mountain camp by purchasing 51 solar panels in a local solar array to cover 75 percent of the camp's annual electric needs. This is part of the ongoing efforts at Green Mountain Camp to lower its carbon and chemical input...
I endorse Janet Perry for Selectboard in Athens. I have held elected office in Athens for over 20 years as lister; I am the assistant town clerk and previously have served on the school board. I have also spent many years as a volunteer for various endeavors in our town. During this time, I have gotten to known Janet as she became more and more involved in our town, starting with serving on the Town Planning Commission. She joined the...
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