DUMMERSTON — Many thanks to Ian Diamondstone and The Commons for the fine article on Mrs. Dalem and Dalem's Chalet. Very well done!
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
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Town Meeting Day may be three months away, but one town is already considering scrapping an in-person meeting in favor of voting on the Annual Town Meeting warning articles by Australian ballot. The Selectboard says it is weighing this option, rather than holding the traditional Town Meeting at the Dummerston School gymnasium. The question is on the agenda for the Wednesday, Dec. 2 board meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. on Zoom. Access to the meeting is available by phone...
Hide, a psychological thriller about a resilient woman fighting back against her husband's escalating gaslighting and abuse during the pandemic lockdown, is coming to the Latchis Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 21. The screening of the feature-length film, written and directed by Ben Samuels, is in collaboration with the Women's Freedom Center (WFC) in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Samuels, based in Brooklyn, New York, is a 2009 graduate of Tufts University, where he double-majored in psychology and drama, "but...
The war in Afghanistan is 20 years old now. Troops enlisting today were born after this conflict began. These young people who sign up to defend our country deserve to have a government that does not waste their lives unnecessarily. Step one is for President Biden to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. What began as a mission to root out al Qaeda in Afghanistan has morphed into a protracted quagmire with no clear goals or objectives, no end in...
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