Great article about Lester Dunklee, my dad!
It's all true. Yes, the Whetstone flood was severe - thanks to all who helped my dad and other businesses and people who were impacted.
Retirement...what's that? Is that like refurbishing your tires?
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
BRATTLEBORO-Have you been to 69A Elliot St. yet? Please stop in soon! It's such a...
BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
The Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce will once again produce a valley-wide community arts installation, “Cool Running in the Valley.” Area artists will be challenged to create a signature work of art using six-foot handcrafted wooden toboggans purchased from American Traders in Brattleboro. The artwork will be auctioned later this year, with proceeds benefitting Deerfield Valley Community Cares Heating Assistance, The Deerfield Valley Food Pantry, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The toboggans will be displayed as a group in...
BELLOWS FALLS-Canal Street Art Gallery (CSAG) is launching the Student Art Exhibition Program, a new monthly show with a mission to fill the need for professional experience in the arts. CSAG says it seeks the funds to offer students the opportunity "to foster their creativity, cultivate real world skills, and find exposure and guidance to prepare for professional settings." The first deadline for students to submit their artwork is Nov. 1. The inaugural show will open on Dec. 20. Those...
Thanks, Bill Schubart, for this very insightful commentary. Having studied nonprofit scandals and nonprofit dysfunction for many years, I can confirm that Mr. Schubart's analysis could be very accurately applied to most nonprofit failures I have seen. The tragedy of it all is that these failures are so destructive to community and the formation, or destruction, of trust in the nonprofit sector. Without the nonprofit sector, our society would be doomed - just look at the state of government at...
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