Congrats to Michael Obuchowski! I wish I could have been there at the Windham County Democrats' Obie Awards. Keep swinging!
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
On Jan. 27, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on immigration that prohibited the entry of Syrian refugees to the U.S. indefinitely, put a hold on all refugee admissions for 120 days, and blocked citizens of the majority-Muslim nations of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. for at least 90 days. Protests soon erupted throughout the country, from airports in metropolitan areas such Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Los Angeles,
The artwork of Mindy Fisher is on display at Main Street Arts through Feb. 5 in a show she has titled “Ornaglyphology.” An artist reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 16, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Fisher describes her paintings as ornaglyphs, each a spontaneous experiment, with color and shapes colliding. Her surreal, gouache paintings feature a crazy cast of bird-like characters and a hieroglyphic language that is open to interpretation. “The paintings started off as comic panels,” she explained...
Raisins in your stuffing. Running 3.2 miles at your town's Turkey Trot. A shared Thanksgiving meal at your community church sitting next to a person you just met. Each of us has our own holiday traditions, many of which will look very different this year. This is a loss, and we all feel it. But abundance remains in our community - an abundance of love, food, and people taking care of each other. Vermont Everyone Eats (VEE) is a program...
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