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...
Last week, Gov. Phil Scott appointed Michael Schirling as commissioner of public safety. The now-lame-duck secretary of commerce and community development will take over the department in early September. While visiting Putney on Aug. 14, Schirling commented on the change. “This job has been a lot of fun,” he said. Schirling, who has a background in public safety, said he looks forward to bringing the perspective of economic and community development to his new department. He looks forward to conversations...
The Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) welcomes the Bobby Broom Trio on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. Broom is one of Chicago's leading guitarists, according to a news release from the VJC, and rarely plays on the East Coast. He will perform with his long-standing trio of Dennis Carroll on bass and Makaya McCraven on drums. The trio will travel from Chicago to Vermont for this “one-off” concert with no other East Coast gigs listed on their itinerary. Broom stands...
It is spring, and the upriver migrations of shad, American eel, sea lamprey, and other minor players in the migration game are getting underway. Unfortunately, many people do not like sea lamprey - even if they have never seen one, they know they do not like it. Unfortunately, the misunderstood nature of sea lamprey in our watershed fuels the dislike. So right from the get-go, know that we should value the sea lamprey, for it is not a parasite to...
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