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.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
The Brattleboro American Legion Band took third-place honors at the organization's national concert band competition in Baltimore at the end of August. A press release reports that the band received a standing ovation during the concert portion, and the next day, its members represented Vermont in a two-hour parade along the city's Inner Harbor, capping off the Legion's annual national convention. “Forty-three band members played the concert in Baltimore, and 35 of them marched in the parade,” American Legion Band...
The draft Windham Regional Commission Energy Plan is disturbing, because its wording and its biases would effectively exclude economically efficient, acutely needed, renewable wind energy almost everywhere in the county where it would be feasible to site. Yet, I have some sympathies with industrial-wind-energy opponents, with those who would like to preserve our ridgelines intact. Is there any middle ground to advocate for both? * * * Though I moved to southern Vermont only 15 years ago, I have been...
When the election has passed, the time for healing will be at hand. VTArt-Rising invites art-makers to be part of “the great reconciliation” in the weeks that follow. In collaboration with 350VT, organizers say they are planning “an open-arts spectacle in downtown Brattleboro designed to initiate the rebuilding process our nation will need.” “350VT is dedicated to protecting election results and making sure every vote is counted,” Abby Mnookin, co-director of 350VT, said in a news release. “But we're also...
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