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...
Tropical Storm Irene tore through Vermont two years ago. Aug. 28, 2011 will be remembered not only as a day of destruction and devastation, but also of community resilience. Still, the recovery process continues. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin released the state's Irene Recovery Status Report during a press conference in Wilmington on Wednesday commemorating the anniversary. The report quantifies the state's recovery from the devastation and serves as the fourth and final written testimony from the Irene Recovery Office. It...
Vermont Blues Society 2022 Contest winner and singer-songwriter Jesse Lepkoff will present an afternoon of original songs in both Brazilian bossa nova and blues styles at the South Newfane Schoolhouse, 387 Dover Rd., on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m. Lepkoff's songs have been described by organizers as having "the sophistication of art song or the knee-slapping earthiness of 1930s-style blues. His lyrics can be romantic, humorous, witty, or ironic, depending on the song." They note he has been honored...
Tim Stevenson is a community organizer with Post Oil Solutions from Athens ([email protected]) and is the author of Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age (Green Writers Press), and Transformative Activism: A Values Revolution in Everyday Life in a Time of Societal Collapse (Apocryphile Press). ATHENS-In September, Donald Trump sent a warning to American Jews that "If I don't win this election, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss." Though he...
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