Great article about Lester Dunklee, my dad!
It's all true. Yes, the Whetstone flood was severe - thanks to all who helped my dad and other businesses and people who were impacted.
Retirement...what's that? Is that like refurbishing your tires?
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
In May, composer-pianist David Feurzeig embarked on a musical tour. Not just any tour, but one he calls “Play Every Town,” in which he plans to play 251 free concerts - one in each town and city in the state - to help “combat climate change through the power of community and music.” “Routine international touring is unsustainable-and 'unsustainable' means something it's literally not possible to keep doing,” says Feurzeig, who is anticipating the tour to extend into 2026. “I...
Eight years ago, 10 of us met in Dummerston with Brillo pads and rubber gloves to scrub a granite rock in the Dummerston quarry which had been defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti. Last September, locals in West Glover, Vermont, raised funds to replace the side of a barn that had been defaced with racist graffiti. In October, a rainbow church sign at the West Dover Church was slashed. Recently, two schools have dealt with cyber-bullying of Jewish students. And just a...
BELLOWS FALLS-Canal Street Art Gallery (CSAG), 23 Canal St., presents "Truth Telling: Finding Reconciliation Through Art." Opening Friday, Jan. 19, and on view through March 2, the Truth Telling exhibit supports community well-being and resiliency by providing a safe and accepting space to use art as a way to interact with difficult subject matter. To include all artists, Truth Telling is curated through an open call for entry, and firstly reaches out to Abenaki, Pennacook, and Wabanaki Peoples. Upon announcing...
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