Truly unhinged: In the name of “the idea of coming together,” Randolph T. Holhut doubles down on division.
Everything despicable about the neoliberal “New Dems” emerges in this rant.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
BRATTLEBORO-On March 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture sent notice terminating $660 million in funding for the national Local Foods for Schools and Child Care (LFSCC) program. According to a news release, this decision pulls $1.2 million in federal grant funding that was destined to purchase local foods for Vermont schools. Fourteen schools in Windham County used this grant in the 2023-24 school year to bolster school meal programs, support local farmers, and stimulate Vermont's rural economy. Food Connects, a...
A beloved pig and his spider friend weave a beautiful friendship as E.B. White's classic tale Charlotte's Web makes a return visit to Main Street Arts after 30 years. Performances of Joseph Robinette's adaptation will be Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 13, at 2 p.m. As MSA begins a year-long celebration of its 30th year, it has dug back to its first-ever performance piece, a 1988 original dance production of Charlotte's Web...
I also appreciated the article by Joyce Marcel on housing supply and homelessness. In 2022, for family reasons, I tried to find an apartment in Brattleboro with zero responses to inquiries. Now, I've been there enough to know you are not rude. Inundated? Call this a casual data point on your supply constraints. I can only imagine how hard it is at lower incomes. Another angle on housing is transportation. My sense of Vermont is that, despite the concern to...
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