After reading Pat Sheehan's letter regarding her uterus and my testicles, here's my response to Pat and all the other pro-aborts out there: Smile! Your moms chose life!
Laura Sibilia, an independent, represents the Windham-2 district (Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton, and Wardsboro) in...
Rei Carpenter-Ranquist, a junior at Brattleboro Union High School, is a member of the Teen...
The 16 Vermont faith community members signing this open letter, from Vermont Interfaith Action's Clergy...
Nancy Gassett is a Vernon resident. She ran as a Republican nominee for Windham-1 state...
BRATTLEBORO-In the hope that students will eat more nutritionally and feel more healthy, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) board voted unanimously last month to transition to a self-operated food service program. The program will be fully in place by June for the Summer Food Service Program prior to the start of the 2025–26 school year this fall. Food Program Coordinator Susan Grabowski called the move "groundbreaking" in her announcement. "This decision marks a pivotal step toward aligning our meal...
The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) has announced plans to upgrade to a bigger - and accessible - space at 22 High St., in the Midtown Mall building on the corner of High and Green streets. The 23-year-old nonprofit organization is “dedicated to promoting the photographic arts in many different ways,” Executive Director Joshua Farr said, noting that the move is its largest project to date. For many years, the organization was known for its gallery space and its “rotating...
When news of another school slaughter broke, this time again in Texas, the bile that rose in my throat was as bitter as the memory of Columbine, Newtown, Parkland and the other grievous incidents of gun violence in schools - all 554 of them since 1999, as NPR has reported. From the Carolinas to California, 27 school shootings are among the 214 mass shootings this year alone in the United States, and it's only May. But this is not a...
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