BRATTLEBORO — RE: “The artisan-cheese revolution” [Food & Drink, June 5]:
There is little in life that can't be helped by cheese.
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...
There are a lot of ways to run for political office. For his re-election campaign this year, Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott's decided to try something different. A self-described avid cyclist, Scott combined business and pleasure by embarking on an eight-day, 568-mile, 14-county bicycle tour of Vermont. The tour began Sept. 24 in St. Johnsbury and finished on Oct. 9 in Barre. He averaged 65 miles a day while circumnavigating the state. “The first four days were challenging because of...
The Robert L. Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West St., is showing the works of Cai Xi and Le Xi during the month of August. Both artists share an abiding interest in light and shadow, time and space, according to a news release. Using brushwork and charcoal, line and color, as well as kinetic video art media, the brother/sister exhibit will entertain and enlighten. An artist reception is scheduled for Aug. 4, at 6 p.m., at the...
As a writer, social-justice activist, and outspoken critical thinker, I'm no stranger to controversy, but the controversy generated over the shift in governance at the Putney Food Co-op has been a little stranger than most. On the one side fly accusations of being “misinformed” and “alarmist”; on the other, wry comments about “drinking the Kool-Aid” and the “Whole-Food-ization” of co-ops hint at “Stepfordized” paradigms co-opting progressive ideals. All this over a food co-operative!? But the more I investigate, the more...
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