PUTNEY — I absolutely loved Robin MacArthur's story about mud season, cheerfully slowing down, Tropical Storm Irene, three generations, and their love of life here in New England [“Without wheels,” Voices, March 21].
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame...
Nancy Braus , a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. GUILFORD-Vermont Yankee, a nuclear...
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon,
BRATTLEBORO-Like many of you, I have been outraged by the actions of the Trump administration,
Vermont is in good shape financially for the time being. The state has socked away $60 million in the stabilization reserve fund and $30 million in the human services caseload reserve. We have $10 million set aside for federal cuts to the Low Income Heating Assistance Program. Revenues are back up 11 percent ahead of last year's tax receipts. And our credit rating is the second highest in the country. Gov. Peter Shumlin and the leadership in the House and...
BRATTLEBORO-The Sarasa Ensemble looks "East-West" in a performance Friday, Nov. 15, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The 7 p.m. performance will feature Elicia Silverstein, Rebecca Nelson, Danilo Bonina, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; and John McKean, harpsichord. Composers of the Occident gladly soaked up the sounds of the near Orient and let it influence their music. This evening program will spotlight works that feature Eastern traditions influencing a wide swath of Europe in a potpourri of...
Last summer, my trusty, old Motobecane touring/commuting bicycle had a bit of a seizure in the form of a cracked head tube. I did not begrudge it; he'd been a trusty friend who carried me many, many thousands of miles without complaint. I had dubbed him Morgan early in our time together, after that sturdy Vermont horse breed. He certainly wasn't a thoroughbred but a heck of a workhorse. Like many others with a relationship that has ended, I took...
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