BRATTLEBORO — RE: “The artisan-cheese revolution” [Food & Drink, June 5]:
There is little in life that can't be helped by cheese.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Todd. Danny. Damien. Brianna. William. Ronnie. These were the names of people who experienced homelessness in and around Brattleboro - and died before they could be fully helped. Their last names were left unspoken, to respect their privacy. These people, and others unnamed who, in the words of the Rev. Lise Sparrow of the Guilford Community Church, were “lost to the mists of mental illness, of addiction, of poverty,” were remembered at the annual Homelessness Awareness Day and Memorial Vigil...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Rockingham Free Public Library announces a special community reading event featuring the book Gather by Vermont author Kenneth Cadow. Gather is this year's Vermont Reads book, a statewide, one-book community reading program sponsored by Vermont Humanities. Free copies of the book are available while supplies last at the library, Village Square Booksellers, Flat Iron Café, and Parks Place Community Center. In addition, a book discussion facilitated by Eric Bye from Vermont Humanities will be held on Wednesday, Feb.
As election day draws near, I applaud candidates running for office. The scale of Vermont allows all of us a broad spectrum of opportunities to make a difference in our communities. Sara Coffey is running for the Legislature in district Windham-1, which includes Guilford and Vernon. She is an experienced community builder who will work hard for her constituents. I have had the opportunity to work with Sara in her role as director of Vermont Performance Lab. She is aware...
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