MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
As the late Yogi Berra said, “It ain't over till it's over.” In this local election season, “it” refers to Selectboard election between Dick DeGray and Avery Schwenk. After learning that some advice from the Secretary of State's office lead the Brattleboro Board of Civil Authority to diverge from state statute when during the March 10 recount, Schwenk has requested recount deux. Town Clerk Annette Cappy has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, March 16, at 2 p.m. in the Selectboard...
A concert designed to raise funds to rebuild a beloved local institution is almost sold out. A performance on Saturday, July 14, “A Concert to Rebuild Dot's,” will feature Jon Pousette-Dart and Aztec Two-Step at Memorial Hall, in a drive to match a $50,000 grant from the Wilmington Fund VT. Pousette-Dart's self-named band “carved a place in the landscape of American music in the 1970s,” according to his website (www.pousette-dart.com). “They were a mainstay of album radio, a favorite on...
I'm writing to support Carolyn Partridge and Michael Obuchowski as our Vermont state representatives. Obie and Carolyn have been doing a great job for a long time and I plan to continue to vote for them. I encourage others to do the same. I run a small nonprofit organization, Making the Most of I, which serves low-income women in transition. We provide a free 14-week course that addresses self-esteem, stress reduction, communication skills, conflict resolution and many other topics that...
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