RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Town Meeting Day always has a festive air about it at the Putney Central School gymnasium. The eighth-graders set up a table filled with homemade treats for sale as a fundraiser for their class trip. Information tables from the town library, the Conservation Commission, the Putney Foodshelf, and other nonprofits take up the outer edges of one half of the gym, right across from the voting booths. The other half of the gym, divided by a large curtain, is devoted...
The Estey Organ Museum will host an Organ Spooktacular with the Phantom on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 190 Main St. The event will feature two shortened silent films, The Phantom of the Opera and Nosferatu. The Phantom features Lon Chaney, and Nosferatu features Max Schreck in the lead role. Both will receive accompaniment on the church's Estey pipe organ. In addition there will be live performances of songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical,
I read with interest Peter Galbraith's Viewpoint advising the next governor on steps to increase economic justice in Vermont. I was disappointed that he did not mention one more factor that should be considered: that of criminal-justice reform. It's true that Vermont doesn't incarcerate as many people as other U.S. states - say, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Oklahoma - but our incarceration rate, per capita, surpasses those of Colombia, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates, to name a few (source: prisonpolicy.org/global). But...
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