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.
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Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint, D-Brattleboro, made it official on Dec. 13: She will be running for Congress in 2022. At her campaign kickoff event at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier, Balint said that she is running for the Democratic nomination “because we're facing huge challenges. Working families are struggling, the pandemic is raging on, real climate action can't wait, and our democracy itself is at risk. The future feels perilous. We can't tackle these challenges if...
Nancy Braus, a longtime activist who contributes often to these pages, and Steve Wangh, a retired New York University professor and playwright, contributed these words. Filmmaker Robbie Leppner of Shaftsbury, who is working on a feature-length documentary about the Bread and Puppet Theater, captured the images used here. On Nov. 19, a passionate group of about 200 people came together to declare support for a ceasefire in the latest and most lethal fighting in Israel and Palestine. The group was...
Guilford welcomes the return of a special holiday tradition, with the 60th anniversary of the Green River Carol Sing on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m., at Green River Community Church. It's the first time in four years the Green River Village Preservation Trust (GRVPT) has been able to host the community event after the pandemic forced multiple years of cancellations. This community event started in the early 1960s to raise funds to restore, rebuild, and maintain the 185-year-old Green...
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