WILMINGTON — Dear Wilmington: I loved you dearly, but you've already sold yourself to Jim Barnes and the Hermitage Club. What hasn't burned down has been torn down, and I expect the O.O. Ware building will be next on the demolition list.
You think a Dunkin' Donuts is going to destroy the “character” of the town when it's planned for a building next to the Family Dollar store?
What is the problem, exactly? You'd rather a Starbucks?
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Town staff and members of the Selectboard have repeatedly outlined the issues facing the three stations. According to Town Manager Peter Elwell, the West Brattleboro Station (formally called Station 2) has basically “failed.” Issues include (but are not limited to): • Asbestos at the Central Fire Station building, which was constructed in 1949. • Mold growing on the walls in all three buildings. The Municipal Center, built in 1885, is prone to dampness in its basement. • Diesel soot in...
For many Americans, Bernie Sanders is a new and different candidate - one marked by honesty, a commitment to justice for all, an unwillingness to campaign negatively or accept corporate money, and a fundamental belief in the possibilities of government to be a force for good. The mainstream narrative about Bernie is that, while he is attracting huge crowds all around the country, larger than the media star Donald Trump, he can't win the nomination because everyone knows Hillary Clinton...
On Saturday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m., at the Vermont Jazz Center (VJC), director Eugene Uman will present a newly tooled version of the quintet, the Convergence Project. This quintet is a vehicle for Uman to change hats, to focus on performance and composing rather than the production and educational mission of VJC. The formation of this version of the Convergence Project was inspired by an opportunity Uman had to perform with Francisco Mela a few years back at the...
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