GUILFORD — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
Roger Katz was one of the good guys, one of the best. Very sad to say goodbye.
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...
Deputy Windham County State's Attorney Kerry Ann McDonald-Cady of Dover has been appointed to a Vermont Superior Court seat. McDonald-Cady was appointed on Sept. 30 by Gov. Phil Scott. Superior Court is the state's trial court consisting of civil, criminal, environmental, family, and probate divisions. She replaces former Superior Judge David Howard and will be assigned to the west region of the Superior Court, primarily in Rutland and Bennington counties. In a news release, Scott praised McDonald-Cady's “record of sound...
The great poet Wystan H. Auden once wrote, “But poetry makes nothing happen.” And a few years later, wisely, he reversed himself. Poetry makes many things happen, especially when it comes alive in the minds of high school students. On Friday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m., at Brattleboro Union High School, the school will present its eighth annual Poetry Out Loud Competition. Poetry Out Loud, which grows more in popularity each year, is a national poetry recitation competition for high...
I am thrilled that we have such incredible candidates running for state senate in Windham County. Wichie Artu and Nadar Hashim are both visionaries with the pragmatic skills needed to address the challenges we're facing, from covid to addiction to climate change. Nadar Hashim, who has already served as state representative from Windham-4, views and crafts policy through the lens of equity and justice. Most notably -especially with the state senate losing Sen. Becca Balint - he is a bridge...
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