Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
Local growers and buyers are assessing the damage from a late-spring frost across Vermont that severely damaged thousands of acres of crops. According to the U.S. National Weather Service in Burlington, many below-freezing temperatures were recorded overnight May 17 into the early morning hours of May 18. “We're still grappling, but it was evident that there was significant damage right away,” said Simon Renault, general manager of Scott Farm in Dummerston.“We have a weather station in the orchard and saw...
Staying true to the spirit of her astrological sign, jazz and blues vocalist Samirah Evans has hosted a party that is part concert, part jam session nearly every year for the past two decades in celebration of her own birthday and that of fellow Leos. The 2016 Leo Party takes place Sunday, Aug. 21, at 4 p.m., at the 118 Elliot performance space in downtown Brattleboro. This year's celebration will also serve as the concert debut of her choir, the...
My fondest memory from my second year of first grade was finally getting to be in a school play. The first grade holiday play was a re-enactment of the “Paul Revere's Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The entire class was to read the poem out loud as various “special” people acted out the parts in period costume (made from construction paper). Because I could not read a word from the poem, I played the part of the lantern-hanging friend. My...
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