BRATTLEBORO-Bus drivers and monitors for Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools are picketing in Brattleboro as...
BRATTLEBORO-It's all about home grown and home cooking for Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) school...
WESTMINSTER-Students returning to Bellows Falls Union High School for the new school year will find...
WHITINGHAM-Mosquitoes in Whitingham have tested positive for mosquito-borne Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV). Vermont began testing...
Moderator Deborah Lee Luskin said that while it was a longer Town Meeting than last year, mostly because of “the long conversation about school consolidation,” all the articles on the warrant passed. Neil Pelsue, Jr., who serves on the Act 46 Study Committee, “very patiently and calmly answered [residents'] questions,” Luskin said. Luskin said she was happy that after 10 years of asking, she finally got a parliamentarian to assist her at Town Meeting. Gary Delius, who also serves on...
The Canal Street Art Gallery's Spring Salon is open to all artists of all levels to submit original artwork for exhibition. This is the third edition of the Spring Salon; the show will open Saturday, March 17, and run through Saturday, June 1. Image submissions for the Spring Salon are due Monday, Feb. 26, and artwork delivery is on Wednesday, March 6. Artists may submit one to three artworks. Submission is free. The exhibition fee is a sliding scale: $12...
Panhandling is a polarizing issue. Charitable giving is a personal, sometimes private, topic that strikes chords in many realms: religious, political, practical, moral, economic, philosophical, philanthropic. When requests for charity approaches us on the street in the form of panhandling, it can be disquieting for many. Giving money to panhandlers is a personal choice, one that does not have a right or wrong response, even though many of us are confronted daily with the question in the public forum of...
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