BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Guilford's fire station needs paint” [Town and Village, Dec. 5]:
A well-reported article. I drive by the Guilford Fire Department all the time and wondered why it was blue.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
The 2019-20 legislative biennium began at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 9, with lots of changes in the House leadership but little change in the Senate. There was relatively little turnover in the Senate after last November's election, while the House welcomed 40 new members, its largest freshman class since 1992. House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, and Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, D-Chittenden, returned to the leadership positions of their respective chambers. Thirteen of the 14 House...
In the wake of the recent well-publicized walkouts at schools around the country, I made the mistake of reading comments on the social-media links to stories covering the events. Not surprisingly, this was not the path to personal internal peace. I read comments about how disrespectful and uninformed “kids today” are. Ironically, most of those comments were made in incredibly inflammatory language, with dismissive tones, and with a real lack of actual information about the viewpoints and knowledge bases of...
Next up in Sandglass Theater's New Visions puppetry series: Adelka Polak and her company, SOVA, with the world première of “Branches” on Nov. 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. Here the human form meets object to create poetry in motion. Sculptural forms unite with live dance, sound, and visual art in this beautifully woven world of the imagination. Combining fabrics, handmade masks, natural lines, and the moving body, “Branches” creates larger-than-life landscapes, transforming as the visual poetic narrative unfolds with...
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