PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
An appeal of the decision by the Putney Development Review Board to approve the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) application to build a subdivision of 25 affordable housing units on Alice Holway Drive land has been denied by Vermont Superior Court's Environmental Division, spurring disappointment in opponents and giving the WWHT a green light to proceed after a 30-day waiting period. “We were pleased to have received word that the appeal of WWHT's zoning permit for the creation of...
On the morning of April 17, David Mitchell, a 46-year-old man from Rutland, complained to prison guards that he couldn't breathe and needed urgent medical treatment. According to multiple accounts from other people incarcerated in the same block at Southern State Correctional Facility, the guard told Mitchell to stop complaining and go back to his cell. When Mitchell kept begging to be taken to the hospital, he was threatened with being sent “to the hole” - solitary confinement - if...
The Commons spoke by phone recently with Jack Betzen of the Wolfman Jack band, which will perform at the Stone Church on Saturday, Dec. 3 [story, this issue]. In our conversation, Betzen discussed the band's lead guitar player and dear friend Jason Ferguson, who died suddenly at age 56 at his home in Willow, New York on Nov. 14. In addition to making music with Wolfman Jack, Ferguson played lead guitar, bass, and vocals with other bands, including Rainbow Full...
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