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...
Town Meeting Members decide the fate of the new $15.8 million municipal budget at a Special Representative Town Meeting on June 2. Selectboard members unanimously approved the overhauled budget on May 20. The new budget represents a municpal tax increase of 3 cents per $100 of assessed value compared to the previous fiscal year. The fiscal year 2015 budget defeated in April came with a tax increase of 8 cents. Voters defeated the original $16.2 million municipal budget in a...
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) will host an artist talk featuring Adeline Praud, a talented and innovative photographer based in Nantes, France, known for her thought-provoking work that often tackles challenging subject matter, on Sunday, Jan. 19, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. This event offers an intimate opportunity to explore the artist's creative process, discuss her work, and engage in a Q&A session. It is being held in conjunction with Praud's current solo exhibition "A War On Us," which opened...
I feel indebted to the voters of Dummerston who voted in December against the departure of Vernon from the current WSESU public school structure. Because of that vote there will be an opportunity for serious discussion of Act 46 at Town Meetings in five area towns and at Representative Town Meeting in Brattleboro. Had voters in Dummerston approved the separation of Vernon, we would likely be facing the Act 46 merger as a ballot question on March 7. We now...
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