BRATTLEBORO — We here at Harmony Underground see the problem hour by hour. People are afraid to come in the parking lot, and I don't blame them.
We would love to see a business watch, like a neighborhood watch. What can be done?
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 narrowly voted to hire a sustainability coordinator, despite a lack of consensus even among proponents on exactly what encompasses “sustainability.” Members of the public who packed the board room for a two-hour discussion at the Aug. 20 Selectboard meeting overwhelmingly urged the board to take action. The board eventually voted 3–2 to create the new staff position, directing staff to create a job description and recruit candidates. That job description will likely shape how the town moves...
PUTNEY-The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents five-piece band Bombay Rickey, on Saturday, July 27, at 6 p.m. at New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), 10 Town Crier Drive. "[Bombay Rickey is] easily one of the most adventurous and daring artists we've worked with - how many ensembles are fronted by an opera singer and can count cumbia, spaghetti-Western, and Bollywood as influences?" Keith Marks, executive director of Next Stage Arts, said in a news release. "I saw them...
In online discussions of local issues, it seems common for citizens to speak of the people who make decisions as “they.” “They should put a light at that intersection.” “They're raising our taxes once again.” “They” is everywhere in online discussions, and even in person, of course. But in discussion of local politics or decisions, not national or worldwide issues, its use strikes me as curious. On one level, of course, it's a semantic term of convenience: a lazy use...
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