SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
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Hello and good day to you, southern Vermonters. As mentioned in last week's column, the tropical system did make it up this way, but never really affected southern Vermont. The wind we happily did without, but the rain we needed very much. It's unfortunate that we missed out, but we've got a couple chances for wet weather coming up this week. For Wednesday, the remnants of Hermine well to our south and east will begin to be pushed eastward and...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro and serves as the steering committee chair of the Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance, as well as on the boards of the Vermont Community Loan Fund and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. BRATTLEBORO-MacKenzie Scott gave $20 million to Champlain Housing Trust, unsolicited, in 2023. Three years ago, she gave $9 million to the Vermont Foodbank. These are incredible gifts that have the power to effect...
There are few works in the English language as familiar almost to the point of cliché as Charles Dickens's “A Christmas Carol.” “A Christmas Carol” was first published in 1843. Dickens culled the story from personal childhood experiences along with various Christmas stories. The book is generally considered one of the greatest influences for the restoration of the Christmas holiday and it has never been out of print. But this work just as much a ghost story set in a...
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