BELLOWS FALLS — I'm not sure what communities in this area have an easier time recruiting new people for fire departments or retaining them.
Most departments that I talk to - both in the area and out of the area - have the same issue as Putney.
BRATTLEBORO-For the Brattleboro voters, the March 4 ballot is about more than just a symbolic...
PUTNEY-My name is Bex Slattery, and I am running for Selectboard in Putney. I am...
Sarah R. Ellis is a writer, disability advocate, and former teen librarian who grew up...
GUILFORD-I met Isaac Evans-Frantz last summer while working at the Governor's Institutes of Vermont in...
In the sometimes-acrimonious debate over the future of Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, there are no easy solutions. So when state Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe visited the union's Act 46 Study Committee on March 17, she faced pointed questions about consolidation, finances, school choice, and school closures. The most-succinct inquiry might have come from Dummerston resident Ruth Barton. “What happens if this thing don't work? You got an answer for that, young lady?” Holcombe declined to offer a specific roadmap for...
When I was an adolescent in the 1980s, one of the great contemporary prophets was Bono, the front singer in the Irish rock band U2, which would later be considered the greatest rock band in the world. I felt that Bono represented me. He cared about people and was upset with the powers that be. In my understanding, he wanted change without violence. One of my favorite songs was "I Threw a Brick Through a Window." I particularly liked the...
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 181 Main St., presents “Jackie Abrams: 45 Years of Making,” starting Saturday, May 29, from noon to 7 p.m., with an artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. This final, inclusive retrospective allows Abrams to share a large selection of woven baskets and non-functional vessels created during a 45-year career of learning, experimenting, and constructing. The entire exhibit is also available online. “It started in 1975 when I visited the Basket Shop in Chesterfield, Mass., owned and...
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