Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Eight years ago, Dot MacDonald applied one of the things she loves, long-distance bicycling, to another love, her job as schoolteacher at the Neighborhood Schoolhouse. She organized the first annual Dot's Ride, a 100-mile-plus bicycling event to raise scholarship money for parents who wanted to send their children to Neighborhood Schoolhouse but couldn't afford it. Every year since then, the event has raised about $10,000, sometimes more. This year is MacDonald's last as a teacher - she is retiring after...
Kesha Ram is a bright young woman who has served in the Legislature for eight years and is looking to become lieutenant governor. The position has few formal duties, so Kesha intends to use it to travel across the state listening to citizens and bringing their voices to Montpelier. The absence of our voices has lead to many laws, mandates, and regulations that often make little sense when they get to us. This promise tells me she has a clear...
The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) has brought back a popular annual event, thwarted twice in recent years by the pandemic. Now through the end of this month, one can see the VCP's Sixth Open Juried Exhibition, an eclectic, engaging display of works by nine photographers from around the country, each with its own micro-exhibit. The VCP's bright new home on the second floor of 10 Green Street is sparse and elegant and offers a library of books of and...
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