PUTNEY — Thank you so much to Michelle Bos-Lun for sharing this heart-filled and eye-opening piece, which allowed me to travel with her on this amazing journey.
We need so much more of this - both the perspective she was able to share in the piece, and the experiences that helped to generate that perspective.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
A former Twin Valley student, who is Black, has settled a complaint with the district that alleges school officials didn't do enough to address racist bullying she faced at the district's middle and high schools, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Vermont, which is representing her. In a 2021 complaint to the Vermont Human Rights Commission, the ACLU wrote that the student, referred to as "C.B.," was a 10th grader at Twin Valley Middle High School and...
As I watched the flag-draped coffin of the late Billy Evans, the second Capitol Police officer to lie in honor, descend from the Capitol steps, I wept - and wondered how much longer we would find ourselves living in a country that has become so violent. As I saw the photograph of the deceased Duane Wright holding his 1-year-old child and heard the wails of his aggrieved aunt, I also wondered how much longer we will go on living in...
Twilight Music continues its 17th annual Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, zydeco, Celtic, jazz, blues, and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, July 28, with the Julian Gerstin Sextet performing original jazz influenced by rhythms and melodies of the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. The concert begins at 6 p.m. in downtown Putney on the Putney Tavern lawn (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill in case of rain. The...
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