Brattleboro is getting a shining Starr who has led, inspired, and ignited Building Brighter Futures for Broome, an agency that offers early childhood literacy strategies and supports!
Thank you, Starr LaTronica, for sharing your gifts and passion!
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 Board of Supervisors for the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) approved adding another town to its membership on Dec. 10. Somerset, an unincorporated township located west of Wilmington, will join the district as a non-voting member under a Memorandum of Understanding drawn up between the former town and the district. The state unincorporated Somerset in the 1930s. It has no municipal government and only a handful of people still reside in the former town. According to Lou Bruso,
On Nov. 19, the Moose Lodge of Bellows Falls will hold the first of three practice rounds for the International Moose Convention karaoke contest. Subsequent rounds will be held on Dec. 17 and Jan. 14 in preparation for a Feb. 11 elimination round. For three years, the International Moose Convention has hosted a karaoke contest featuring the top 12 finalists nationwide who have competed at local lodges across the country. In order to have the opportunity to be one of...
One of the latest catch phrases commonly used to describe various systems in our country is “data-driven decision making.” This term is meant to represent a positive approach to how various organizations and systems go about making decisions and setting standards and goals. The intent is to eliminate subjective determinations and make everything fact-based, without emotion. We see this approach in how workers' performance is measured, how we design our school systems, how Amazon and Google run their businesses, and...
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