TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
Vermonter Tara Geraghty-Moats, who fractured her elbow last fall, just missed making the 2018 U.S. Olympic ski jumping team. But that didn't stop the 24-year-old from doing the next best thing: Performing before a home-state crowd of thousands over the weekend at the annual Harris Hill tournament. “This has been a nice consolation prize,” the West Fairlee native said of the two-day Brattleboro event. “It's not beneficial to compete when you're injured, but I really love jumping with my friends...
The Chamber Singers of Keene and the Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs will present a community choral event on the 55th anniversary of The Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. On Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m., the two Keene choirs of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs - Elm City Singers and Keene Youth Choir - will join their adult counterparts to present The Children's March, a powerful musical depiction of civil-rights activism. The concert will be held in the United Church...
I often worry about a shooting occurring in my neighborhood or place of work and hope it never happens. But it finally happened on Sunday afternoon - not in my neighborhood, but in my former neighborhood. I lived and worked in Gilroy, Calif., for the better part of 26 years. I worked at the Gilroy Garlic Festival as a volunteer. It's a fun time, seeing friends and families, talking to co-workers, a great way to spend a hot Sunday afternoon.
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