BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
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...
Although Ricky Davidson officially took over as executive director of The Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro in October, he said, “not a whole lot has changed other than my title.” Davidson became the interim executive director in April, but will also serve as unit director - his former role - until he hires someone new. As an employee of a nonprofit social-service organization, Davidson got used to wearing many hats and switching them at a moment's notice as he...
Some members of the Rockingham Free Public Library's Board of Trustees alleged at the June 25 board meeting that Library Director Célina Houlné had, last year, improperly and without board approval made changes to the library's personnel policy by granting pro-rated benefits to part-time staff. In fact, in January 2012, the director proposed to the Library's Personnel Policy Committee a new leave policy granting two days of pro-rated personal leave per year to all staff. This proposal was made to...
On Friday, April 23, at 7 p.m., Guilford poet Verandah Porche will lead a free, virtual interactive poetry workshop. The event, organized by the Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF), is open to teens and adults. You can sign up at clifonline.org. Since the fall, CLiF has been offering adult programs and book discussions with local authors, in addition to its children's programming. Previous featured authors include fiction writer and journalist Sarah Stewart Taylor, poet Rajnii Eddins, bestselling author Dan Brown, and...
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