As members of the local business community munched their breakfast muffins and slurped coffee, a leading Vermont economist delivered his customary stomach-churning assessment of the Vermont economy. Arthur Woolf, an associate professor at the University of Vermont and a co-founder of Northern Economic Consulting, Inc., presented economic information familiar to many in the audience at a Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast event, the first of its 2013-14 season, at the Brattleboro Retreat on Oct. 22. Woolf, who served as...
Artists, artisans, and local food growers are particularly invited to attend a Winter Artists Town Meeting potluck at Vermont Institute for Contemporary Arts on Thursday, March 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event, hosted by VTica and the Rockingham Arts and Museum Project (RAMP), aims to bring creative people together to share ideas and a meal. The groups have hosted quarterly Artists Town Meetings for the past four years. The meetings are informal and open to all. According to...
In July, The Washington Post estimated that, as president, Donald J. Trump has told more than 20,000 lies. In a press conference on Aug. 8, Trump betrayed the truth yet again and he got called on it. The president gloated about his administration having passed the Veterans Choice Act, a piece of legislation that made it possible for veterans to use their government health benefits at providers other than VA hospitals. In reality, it was signed into law by former...
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