BRATTLEBORO — We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fifth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers.
We had entertaining stories with a wonderful audience.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
There are only two contested House races in Windham County on the Aug. 11 primary ballot, and the Windham County Democratic Committee gathered the candidates running in the Windham 3 and 4 districts online last week for a pair of virtual forums. The forums, moderated by Windham County Democratic Chair John Hagen, both lasted about 75 minutes and featured several questions from the online audience. The state's 45-day window of early voting is underway. Vermont voters may request a ballot...
On May 18, at the Latchis Theatre, The Landmark Trust USA announced the winners of the third annual Rudyard Kipling Young Writers Award. The Kipling Young Writers Award is the culmination of The Landmark Trust USA's Just Stories program, now in its 18th year, which offers dramatic interpretations of Kipling's Just So Stories free to over 7,000 local elementary school children. As part of the program, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders tour Naulakha (Kipling's home) and see where he told the...
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant who lives in Chester. CHESTER-I stood at the polls in Chester on Election Day, as I've stood at polls in various locations over the years, and as a Springfield friend has done. I've always enjoyed greeting the people who come out to vote, who come to take part in the most basic of American democratic processes. Republican, Democrat, or independent, first-time voter or veteran of decades of elections, we always...
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