WILMINGTON — I thank you for bringing to my attention the anti-Semitic action of Ben & Jerry's. This product will no longer be allowed in my house.
This sort of surprised me, as your paper is usually not very revealing of anti-Jewish actions.
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...
When Vermont sent its first female representative to Washington this past year, it was in itself a historic moment. But U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., has become part of a greater, and more tragic history. She has found herself inside what she calls "a Republican Civil War." In the House, just days after mustering just enough votes for a last-minute 45-day funding bill that averted a shutdown of the federal government, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted...
Both the ignorance and arrogance of Tim Wessel's cold, completely one-sided, pro-Israeli op-ed are simply breathtaking. Here's one egregious example, particularly of the latter: "I don't believe the [pro-Palestinian] protestors fully understand the politics. I say that many haven't studied the history, and most have been taken in by an advanced, Hamas propaganda machine […]" You "say"? You also say that Hamas started the war. Is that some kind of joke? It's obvious you nothing of the real history of...
Village Square Booksellers welcomes Mike Brown, a 1973 graduate of Bellows Falls Union High School, on Saturday, June 17, at 1 p.m., to read from and discuss his book, The Umpire's Bunkhouse: Baseball Stories from Cooperstown's Dreams Park. Brown, who earned varsity letters in four sports at BFUHS and graduated from St. Michael's College in Vermont with a major in journalism, has had a long career as an author, umpire, referee, and teacher. Umpires “come from all over the nation.
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