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.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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At the age of 95, Janice Martin is spryer than many others half her years and has a memory like a steel trap. “In September 1932, at the age of 6, I started school in the one-room schoolhouse called the South School, located in Vernon, Vermont,” she says. “It's still there and is now the home of the Vernon Historical Society,” remembers Martin. “I had my picture taken by the old wood stove in 2015.” The former Janice Pratt was...
For an organization whose mission includes revitalizing neighborhoods, Windham/Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) is showing remarkably little regard for neighbors to their properties. These neighbors include many hard--working, taxpaying citizens who largely make WHHT's mission possible by subsidizing their substantial property-tax exemptions for trust property. WWHT has been upgrading its multi-unit apartment house at 66 Washington St. since January. This project has been marked by fits and spurts of activity, and it has progressed very slowly until recently. I do not...
As preparations continue for this year's Second Annual Southern Vermont Dance Festival, slated for July 17-20, the organization is seeking volunteers to handle a variety of tasks, from event organizing to set-up to clean-up. “The Festival couldn't have pulled off last year's event without the many, many, wonderful volunteers who were ready to pitch in no matter the task,” said Brenda Siegel, the event's executive director. Depending on the task and the amount of volunteer time available, SVDF will contribute...
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