BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
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...
Town Meeting members overwhelmingly approved $12.5 million to upgrade the municipal Water Treatment Plant last week. The 111–2 vote officially capped off Annual Representative Town Meeting, which lasted 15 hours over two days. On March 21, meeting members voted to recess the ARTM until March 26. This action was necessary to give members a week to drop off their ballots at the Municipal Center. Under state law, voting by Australian ballot is required for bond votes. Director of Public Works...
The River Singers Community Choir, led by the dynamic Mary Cay Brass, will hold its annual holiday concerts on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m., at Next Stage Arts in Putney. The River Singers are a unique, multi-generational choir known for its eclectic mix of music from diverse cultural musical heritages. The choir will present a cornucopia of “thrilling, soulful songs of joy, love, and peace” beginning with a Croatian New Year's carol...
Several of the women quoted in support of this article seem to miss the point of the #MeToo movement. When an employer engages in unwanted touching or doesn't respect boundaries, a female employee is often powerless to stop it. Economic necessity and desire for career stability or advancement can render her powerless. However, when a paid yoga teacher publicly crosses boundaries and makes a woman uncomfortable, she holds the power. She can publish a scathing Yelp review and take her...
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