Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
At its May 24 meeting, members of the Post-Vermont Yankee task force of the Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategy (SeVEDS) discussed how the task force fit within, yet remained distinct from, the larger region-wide SeVEDS process. SeVEDS was launched three years ago to identify the economic challenges facing Windham County, and to improve the county's sluggish financial environment. According to Jeffrey Lewis, executive director of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corp., the county is in the midst of a 20-year recession,
BRATTLEBORO-Director Shannon Ward sits with me in the lobby of the New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) within walls covered in documents of its 25-year past. Photos, posters, ephemera: It's eye candy for a theater lover. As junior company members bounce through the front doors, Ward adeptly fields my questions and myriad others from enthused young actors in The Hobbit, opening at NEYT on Friday, May 30. Assisted by Rebecca Waxman, Ward brings the well-loved Hobbit to life as the "unlikeliest...
We, the undersigned teachers and staff of Dummerston School, have met to discuss the ballot question about whether to withdraw from the merged school district. Many of us were surprised to learn that this very important question was added to the ballot on Jan. 20 by the Selectboard. A question with such complex ramifications certainly deserves very thoughtful consideration by all and extensive education for the electorate. We collectively encourage voters to vote no to Article 14 for the following...
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