BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro has been fortunate to have Jerry Carbone, a leader and gentleman, at the helm of its library.
Now for his golf game: perhaps a little more time devoted to the game will pick things up a bit.
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...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Hello and good day to you, residents of the peaceful and picturesque windy hamlets of southeastern Vermont! I imagine a number of you west and north of the Brattleboro area are waking up to a messy aftermath from our late December ice storm. Some may be without power as well. Luckily, that sloppy storm departs Tuesday. We will see an upper level system swing through with some scattered snow and rain showers Tuesday night and into Wednesday. Thursday looks like...
In the spirit of Women's History Month, Stone Church organizers say they are turning their spotlight on women (their definition of women is inclusive of cisgender and trans women, as well as nonbinary people affected by gender oppression), and they have booked almost entirely women-fronted bands for the month of March. As part of this month of music by women, Stone Church is hosting an album release concert with Vermont-based fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger on Sunday, March 5, at...
The so-called “Brigham decision,” which was the opening salvo in the Legislature's attempt to create the equality of school funding mandated by the Vermont Supreme Court, was also the beginning of the end of local control over public schools. Act 46, with its disingenuous mandate to effect educational “equity, accountability, and transparency” in the form of super-sized school districts, is the death knell of local control. The fundamental flaw which has underpinned all of Vermont tax policy since the arrival...
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