Having had a musical education myself, I found Laura Stevenson's explanation of her adjustment to a cochlear implant very informative.
What patience is required for a mother to help a child who has received a CI to learn to hear.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Here are some other results that did not make it into our Town Meeting Roundup in the March 8 edition: • After a lengthy debate, Rockingham voters approved spending $6,000 for a part-time contract with the Windham County Sheriff's Department to patrol Bartonsville and other rural sections of the town. • Voters in Jamaica and Londonderry both approved 1% local option taxes, while Halifax opted to pass on making a decision. According to the Department of Taxes, 49 Vermont municipalities...
I would like to take the opportunity to express my sincere thanks to members of Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting for the support expressed in the thumbs-up vote you delivered for the Community Marketing Initiative on March 19. Your approval is an investment in the future economic development of the town, which has never done any formal, municipally driven cheerleading, to my knowledge. It has always relied on organizations like the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) or Downtown Brattleboro Alliance...
The Actors Theatre Playhouse closes its 2017 season with a Main Stage production of one of Anton Chekhov's masterpieces, Uncle Vanya. The play is a comic and dramatic cautionary tale about the courage it takes to overcome the invisible suffering of ordinary people, the futility of service to others, and the fragility of beauty and illusions. The story revolves around a retired professor who, returning to his estate to live with his young wife, Yelena, mindlessly manages to trip over...
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