Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
A local nonprofit has launched a mutual aid fund aiming to support LGBTQ+ people, especially LGBTQ+ people of color, by distributing donations to the fund to qualified applicants. Out in the Open's fund offers up to $400 per individual for what it calls “groceries, supplies, housing support, medical support, and other thriving and survival needs.” The first round of funding, which closed on June 17, distributed $3,100 to eight people. “Mutual aid is about sharing resources with your community,” HB...
On May 1, George Harvey, Tom Finnell, and I drove over the foggy Green Mountains to Bennington to attend a Public Service Board hearing on proposed new regulations for wind power in Vermont. The new rules would set a noise standard of 42 decibels (dB) during the day and 35 dB at night. They would also establish minimum setback distances of 10 times a turbine's height, so a 300-foot-tall turbine would have to be 3,000 feet from the nearest property...
Sandglass Theater has announced two outdoor, socially distanced events in September: Footpath to the Puppets from Sept. 11 to 13 (rain dates: Sept. 18 to 20) and a walkthrough gallery exhibition featuring new works by Ines Zeller Bass with a popup crankie performance. The theater describes Footpath to the Puppets as “a rollicking walkthrough experience for audiences with three outdoor performance stations.” This event will feature the work of co-founders Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass, co-artistic director Shoshana Bass,
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