PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
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...
The State Board of Education announced its decision on Nov. 30 to create two new Windham County modified unified union school districts (MUUSD), supplanting seven town school districts. An eighth town district was ordered to merge with a recently established MUUSD. According to the BOE's Final Report of Decisions and Order on Statewide School District Merger Decisions, the current town school districts will be disbanded by July 1, 2019. • Windham Southeast Unified Union School District created, replacing four town...
The membership of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center elected Ann S. Macdonald to the Museum's Board of Trustees at the annual meeting of the members on March 14. Nominated by the Museum's governance committee, Macdonald joins 17 others at the helm of the contemporary art museum. The first act of the newly constituted Board of Trustees was to elect five officers to one-year terms. BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld said of Macdonald in a news release, “I am thrilled that...
I am not commenting about the merits of the decision on EMS but solely on the decision-making process. Many problems with the process bear repeating and beg for further analysis and reflection ... hopefully, this board and administration agrees: It appears a position was articulated at the Feb. 9 meeting. That decision resulted in frustration. Now information is being disclosed via the media. I invite the board to reflect on what happened and even bring in a neutral third party...
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