Love the article. I've known Lester Dunklee for years and always had a great respect for him - you couldn't find a nicer person!
A great machinist, too - very innovative!
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman likes ideas. Specifically, good ideas. It's the quality that compelled him to launch Campaign for Vermont, the political advocacy group he stepped away from since starting his campaign for governor. Good ideas drive his determination to turn Vermont in a new direction, Lisman has said. On a sunny, breezy Monday, Lisman stopped for lunch at The Marina restaurant for a discussion with local Republican movers and shakers. Speaking rapidly, Lisman - less short than he...
Emma's Revolution, the award-winning activist duo of Pat Humphries and Sandy O, will perform in Brattleboro for the first time at the Pete Seeger 100th singalong concert on May 12, at 7 p.m., at the West Village Meeting House. The duo had many connections with Seeger, a friend and mentor, during their career, as did the other performers scheduled for the concert, including Peter Siegel, Sally Rogers, Annie Patterson, and Peter Blood. Pete Seeger would have been 100 years old...
A number of years ago, I worked in a village whose police chief was a man of few words whose body language conveyed an air of dominance and intimidation. My first direct encounter was shortly after I set up my office as a publishing freelancer. My car needed to be moved because of some road construction. He called my place of work and screamed at me, as though I should have known that emergency repairs would be made. I met...
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