GUILFORD — Many thanks to Olga Peters for thoughtful, insightful mini-biographies of those we elected to the Vermont Legislature.
We now have a glimpse of the amazing way each responded to the legislative challenges posed this past year, as well as some of the values that helped prioritize their energies.
Kudos to all involved.
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...
BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...
Consent of Candidate forms for municipal elections on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 2, are now available from town clerks around Windham County. Because of a one-year change in Vermont state law due to the COVID-19 pandemic, petition requirements have been waived for candidates to have their names placed on the ballots for this election. Instead, a Consent of Candidate form (bit.ly/595-consent-of-candidate) must be filed by 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25. Forms can be mailed or emailed to your...
Editor's note: On Jan. 10, Kornheiser, as chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, recommended passage of an act relating to a harm-reduction criminal justice response to drug use. The bill, which calls for $1 million for a pilot program for overdose prevention centers, passed the House on Jan. 11 and is now in the hands of the state Senate's Committee on Health and Welfare. Emilie Kornheiser, state representative of the Windham-7 district, is up in Montpelier promoting...
In celebration of Children's Month, the Crowell Gallery presents “The Barnabus Project Redux” during April. A reception is planned for Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to noon. NewBrook Elementary students will exhibit their “diverse, winsome and sincere portrayals of the misfit animals in the well-known children's book The Barnabus Project,” organizers write. Additionally, pre-K paintings and compilations of other work completed this year will be on display. Each year, thousands of K–4 Vermont schoolchildren read the 10 picture books...
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