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...
Hello and good day to you, residents of lovely Windham County, Vermont! I hope things are well with you. We've got a few wet weather chances over the next seven days, but nothing that looks overly impressive or super impactful. Temperatures will oscillate within seasonal levels, so it's a steady-as-we-go type of weather week ahead, I believe. For Wednesday, we'll start off with some showers, but should transition to a sunny, mild day. Sunshine on Thursday leads to some more...
On Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m., staff of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) and Brattleboro Area Hospice will lead a workshop presented in connection with the exhibition “Mitsuko Brooks: Letters Mingle Souls,” at the BMAC, in which participants will create mail art or a letter to a loved one who has passed on, . Brooks is a Brooklyn-based artist and archivist. Her mixed-media collages and sculptures address issues of mental health. Brooks collaborates with suicide-loss survivors and...
One of the most important lessons I've learned in life is that when you have a problem, you figure out what's causing it and get down to the root of the matter. Governor Peter Shumlin's proposals to cap Reach Up in Vermont and limit the Earned Income Tax Credit are clear examples of misunderstanding the problem and, therefore, calling for a solution that won't fix it. The things I hear coming from Montpelier and some newspapers these days don't ring...
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