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...
Brattleboro Community Television will team up with The Commons to present a Selectboard candidates' forum on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Selectboard Room on the second floor of the Municipal Center, 230 Main St. The program will be broadcast live on BCTV Channel 10. It will also stream live at brattleborotv.org as well as on Facebook. Two candidates for a three-year seat, Ben Coplan and incumbent Tim Wessel, will appear, along with four candidates for...
Downtown Brattleboro will be awash in poetry this April when three local literary organizations present the second annual Poems Around Town (PAT). Organized by Write Action with support from the Brattleboro Literary Festival and Time To Write, more than 70 poets from throughout Vermont - many from the Brattleboro area and the tri-state region - will take part in this event that celebrates National Poetry Month. Throughout the month of April, poems will hang in the windows of more than...
Laura Sibilia, an independent, represents the Windham-2 district (Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton, and Wardsboro) in the Vermont House of Representatives. She delivered these remarks at the Hands Off rally in Wilmington on April 5. WILMINGTON-My daughter is currently deployed alongside many other Americans' sons and daughters. What's happening to our military under this administration is dangerous, disrespectful, and a complete disgrace. Let's start with the V.A. The Veterans Administration - after years of being understaffed - finally had the resources...
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