The truck driver person with the “angry stickers” is just exercising his, or her, First Amendment rights on their own truck!
God bless America (my First Amendment right to say, so exercised).
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...
The Selectboard has reversed an earlier decision and will join a national class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the costs of the opioid epidemic. At the Nov. 26 meeting, board members voted unanimously to join the suit, seeking damages against opiate manufacturers, pharmacies, distributors, and groups that decide which medications are covered by insurance. According to the Vermont Department of Health, the number of opioid-related deaths has continued to increase every year in the state. The VDH's data shows Windham County...
Latchis Arts' popular Movies for Kids series continues in January with a theme of “Heroes, Big and Small.” Series screenings take place on Sundays at 11:30 a.m., and admission is by donation. “Heroes, Big and Small” screenings begin on Jan. 13, at 11:30 a.m., with The Tale of Despereaux. This 2008 film is Rated G and tells the tale of Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon, who joins forces with several other unlikely heroes in a story of...
Brattleboro voters are in the enviable position of having a slate of excellent candidates from which to choose for Selectboard. All of the candidates are fine people, eager to serve the town, and brimming with ideas. It is comforting to know that all who are elected on March 7 will be good choices. I have personal experience with one of the candidates, incumbent Elizabeth (Liz) McLoughlin. She was my main contact on the board late last summer when I was...
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