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.
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...
In what he called “in a way, not a difficult decision but a sad one,” State Rep. Nader Hashim, citing economic pressures, has announced that he will not seek reelection as one of the two lawmakers representing the Windham-4 district in Montpelier. In an announcement released on Facebook on Monday, the first-term Democrat said that he and family members have experienced the abrupt and unanticipated economic crunch that has accompanied the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. As a response, political newcomer Michelle...
In late May, a group of 16 artists gathered in Bellows Falls for a week of fellowship and painting. Some knew each other; some had never met before. It was billed as “The Fryer-Hunter Gathering,” a colloquium hosted by friends Doug Fryer, a Utah painter and one-time Vermont resident, and local artist Charlie Hunter. A show of selected works from that week, entitled “Downriver,“ is now on display at the Rockingham Free Public Library. “Bellows Falls has fabulous subject matter...
I endorse John Hagen for high bailiff. John is a former West Point instructor who is highly educated, articulate, and engaging, and who has a great sense of humor. He served over 28 years in the United States Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. As a fellow veteran, I appreciate his service to our country. John and I began our work together some years ago at Brattleboro American Legion Post 5, working to make the local American Legion more...
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