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...
It's not every day that you hear of something that's still going strong after 100 years. But this summer, the Green Mountain Camp for Girls is celebrating its 100th year with reunions, shared memories, singing, feasting, dancing, sports, and yes, s'mores. It is also mounting a Centennial Campaign to raise $100,000 for capital improvements. The camp seems to inspire the girls who go there. “We're helping people recapture a very good time in their lives,” said current camp director, former...
Even with more than four decades as a touring professional in the music business, Claudia Schmidt still faces the dilemma of how to market herself. “People most often put me in the category of singer/songwriter,” Schmidt explains. “But I sing other people's songs too. In fact, I consider myself a pretty good jazz singer. “Nonetheless, the folk-music people are hesitant to hire a jazz singer, and those in jazz won't take me seriously because I come from the world of...
After the shooting in Las Vegas, I'd like to put forth this modest proposal. Since Congress refuses to pass gun-control legislation, it is incumbent upon Congress to pass a government-run universal health-care plan to cover the cost of caring for those who have been wounded and for the rehabilitation that in many cases will be necessary, possibly requiring life-long care. I am not politicizing this horrible shooting incident. Congress, in its refusal to pass common-sense gun-control legislation, has the blood...
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