WESTMINSTER — Please allow me this moment to thank the good people of the town of Westminster who took the time to cast a ballot for my candidacy for justice of the peace in this past November's election.
If we encounter each other while out and about, please make yourself known so that I may thank you personally.
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...
After more than a half-century of operation, Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) has announced that it is closing its Good Buy thrift stores in Bellows Falls and Springfield. The recent decision by the anti-poverty nonprofit's board of directors takes effect Dec. 16. The stores will remain open Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., until then but will no longer accept any donations for the stores as they sell the remaining inventory at a 20% discount. SEVCA says...
As a longtime admirer of Russian culture and as someone whose ancestors came to this country from Ukraine, I have found myself putting in a lot of time watching, reading, and thinking about the war now raging there. Russian President Vladimir Putin may have deeply held beliefs that Ukraine should be his, but his supposed rationale to the world, and perhaps an underlying goad to his actions, has been his beef about NATO. Thomas Friedman had a column in The...
The Stone Church, 210 Main Street, in partnership with the Vermont Blues Society, presents Grammy-nominated blues singer-guitarist Jontavious Willis on Friday, July 29, at 8 p.m. “Every generation or so, a young bluesman bursts onto the scene who sends a jolt through blues lovers,” reads the bio on Willis' website, “someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul. At the age of 22, bluesman Jontavious Willis may...
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