BRATTLEBORO — I am so proud of what Ann Braden has done, and I have been honored to work with her on GunSense Vt. projects. I believe she will be an amazing senator when her time comes.
(Also, her successor is Clai Lasher-Sommers, not Lashman.)
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...
Using restorative practices to resolve conflict is the focus of a June 10 free community workshop at SIT Graduate Institute. The workshop is from 6:30 to 9 p.m., in the Rotch building at SIT. The event is being organized by a coalition of Windham County restorative justice organizations and will include participants from about 15 countries attending SIT's annual CONTACT Summer Peacebuilding Workshop. Restorative practices - such as communication skills, conflict resolution and learning to cultivate a deeper understanding of...
Epsilon Spires, the nonprofit organization charged with breathing new life into Brattleboro's Baptist Church on Main Street, will debut its fall season with Victoria Keddie's Electrona in Crystallo Fluenti on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. Keddie, of New York City, works in varying media, exploring electromagnetic systems, media ecologies, and “the machinic body,” according to a news release. Crystallo Fluenti's composition is created as Keddie tracks the properties of orbital debris passing overhead. Much of this debris comes from...
BELLOWS FALLS-Town Meeting is a Vermont tradition that allows ordinary citizens to meet annually with their neighbors to create local legislation and oversee their town's affairs. It is democracy in action at its most basic level. Rockingham residents may recall that voters at last year's Annual Town Meeting discussed whether to continue the tradition of an annual in-person Town Meeting or to switch to voting all articles by Australian ballot. Although the decision was made to continue holding in-person Town...
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