I'm looking forward to a day when dentistry offers a system of care rather than sporadic charity care for the many Vermonters who fall through the cracks.
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...
How do you replace a community nonprofit that has delivered warm winter clothing to children in need for three generations? How do you duplicate an all-volunteer organization that, over the past few years, has raised an average of about $95,000 every December, with 99 percent of the money raised going toward coats and boots for kids ranging from infants to 15-year-olds? How do you take over for a charity that helped more than 1,500 children last year, doing everything from...
I'm writing in response to Joyce Marcel's interview with State Treasurer Mike Pieciak on divestment of fossil fuels from our state's pension funds. As a retired school teacher with a pension in the Vermont State Teachers Retirement System, I have a personal financial interest in this. As a citizen of Vermont who is very concerned about the effects of climate change on our future, I want us to do whatever is necessary to reduce and begin to reverse global warming.
Through March 12, Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main St., presents “Spring Visions,” a new group exhibition expanding upon December's Winter Group. The show will feature a new selection of work by gallery artists, including Emily Mason, Torin Porter, Anne Johnstone, Eric Boyer, Jon Gregg, Tiffany Heerema, and Robin Cheung. An artist forum of featured artists will take place Saturday, Feb. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. According to a news release, New York painter and printmaker Emily Mason creates singularly...
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