WEST DUMMERSTON — Seeing the picture of Byron and Lee Stookey reminded of the years of effort this couple has given to the community, and I say “hats off” to both of them.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
On Jan. 13, Karen Peterson will step down as the executive director of Brattleboro's AIDS Project of Southern Vermont (APSV), and Samba Diallo will move into that position. Peterson has been at APSV for 30 years, since 1993, and Diallo has most recently run the project's Harm Reduction Program. APSV was started in 1987, one of the earliest grass roots organizations ever formed as the world began to recognize and respond to the AIDS epidemic. In 1981, rare types of...
Nancy Braus seeks to blame Ronald Reagan for the current housing situation, from unaffordability to lack of options. Haven't we had some Democratic party presidents since Reagan? Haven't Democrats had control of the House and Senate at times since Reagan was president? Don't Democrats run any states, or cities, where, presumably, they have "fixed" the housing problem? In Vermont, the Democratic Party has complete control of the Legislature, yet Vermont has the second-highest homeless population per capita, second only to...
What happens when big business and a flatlander boyfriend threaten to come between two Vermont BFFs? Find out when the Latchis Theatre presents screenings of the new Vermont-made, family-friendly rom-com Soulmates on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 20 and 21, at 1 p.m. Filmed in Waterbury, Huntington, Jericho, and Shelburne, Soulmates introduces lifelong best friends Samantha and Jessamine, whose small-town way of life is suddenly jeopardized by two out-of-staters - Jess's new fiancé and a corporation threatening the state's maple syrup...
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