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...
Eighteen years ago, Mary Ellen Copeland began drawing up a new method for dealing with mental illness. She was looking for a way to reclaim her own life after years of battling anxiety, depression, and mood swings, and Copeland decided “personal empowerment” - allowing a person to take charge of one's own treatment - would be key. The Dummerston resident's WRAP strategy, standing for Wellness Recovery Action Plan, was the result, and it appears to have worked on a large...
GUILFORD-Scientists agree that fossil fuels are wreaking havoc on our planet. Environmental activist and writer Jonathan Mingle can tell you of many ways those fuels cause harm. Yet in his latest book, Gaslight, he tells a story in which common people stand together and shut down the development of a major fossil fuel freeway: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future describes the coalition of rural Virginians who fought for six...
The week of Oct. 20 has been designated as the seventh annual Friends of the Brooks Memorial Library Week. Celebrations will take place at the library through Oct. 26. The Friends of the Library, established in 1991, supports the Brooks Memorial Library through its mission of advocacy, public relations, and fundraising. Every year the Friends raise thousands of dollars to support the library's digital access services, public programs, and information resources. This year, the Friends helped purchase new computer equipment;
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