Rummage sale benefits Dummerston Community Center WEST DUMMERSTON - A rummage sale takes place on Saturday, March 31, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Dummerston Community Center on West Street, with clothing, books, toys, kitchenware, puzzles, and much more. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. Proceeds will benefit the center's operating and maintenance costs. For more information, call Jean Momaney at 802-254-9212 or 254-2415. 'Strength of the Storm' to be shown on April 1 BRATTLEBORO - On Sunday, April 1...
The Stone Church, 210 Main St., presents a “Vermont Carnival Breakdown” with the Celebration Brass Band and VT Shakedown on Friday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The night of cajun brass and Afro-beat funk will include some cajun-themed food specials. VT Shakedown plays funk and Afro-beat, with a tight rhythm section interacting with ripping horn solos, polyrhythms interwoven with vocals, hypnotic bass and guitar lines, and funked-up drums. Celebration Brass Band emerged in 2009 under the leadership of New Orleans...
With each passing year, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department (FWD) becomes more entrenched in its support of archaic laws regarding wildlife. The problems start at the top. When FWD Commissioner Jack Porter resigned last year, I hoped for a successor with modern values who would take animal ethics into consideration. Instead, Gov. Phil Scott appointed yet another commissioner - Chris Herrick - who lacks any credentials in environmental sciences or wildlife management. Ethics don't seem to be too high...
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