Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
Democratic Senate candidates to hold forums BRATTLEBORO - The Windham County Democratic Committee is sponsoring a series of forums featuring the four candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for the county's two Senate seats. Participating are incumbent Jeanette White of Putney and challengers Roger Allbee of Townshend, Rebecca Balint of Brattleboro, and Joan Bowman of Putney. Forums are Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. on July 24 at the Townshend Town Hall, July 31 at the lower theater of the Bellows Falls...
This fall, southern Vermont photographer John Willis has two books in the works. George F. Thompson Publishing, in association with the American Land Publishing Project, has just released a new edition of Willis's celebrated book of photographs of the Oglala Lakota Sioux community at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Views from the Reservation. In November, the same publisher will bring out a new book by Willis, Mni Wiconi/Water Is Life, about the sacrifice and spiritual dedication of thousands of people who...
I am shocked by the Vermont treasurer's office trying to get the state's retired teachers to move to a Medicare Advantage plan. Anyone who has done research quickly discovers many disadvantages. Some years ago, I was trying to straighten out the finances of a naïve relative who had both multiple sclerosis and paralysis from the chest down. He believed the pitch from one of the insurance companies and had given up his Medicare coverage. The Advantage plan denied him the...
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