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 the words of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., it was a service that was all about “the fierce urgency of now.” And former state Rep. Kiah Morris of Bennington made sure of that. Morris - the featured speaker at Brattleboro's annual King Day celebration on Jan. 21 at Centre Congregational Church - resigned her seat in the Vermont Legislature last fall after she and her family were the targets of numerous incidents of racial hate crimes for...
The Act 46 Study Committee keeps repeating the same unsupported claims about the proposed school mega-merger. Their financials on this merger are unclear and incomplete. The “leadership councils” they tout will have no legal decision-making authority and no real responsibility. Their claim that such councils will function has never been supported with any evidence. Our supervisory union has served us well for many years. Now it has been pulled apart by this merger proposal. Vernon has left, and many citizens...
In conjunction with the annual Saxtons River Chili Cook Off, the Saxtons River Artisans Cooperative will host a “Meet and Chat with the Artists” event on Saturday, Oct. 22. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with artists working throughout the day and demonstrating their skills from 11 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participating in demonstrations will be B.J. Clauson doing needle felting, Jennifer Meehl designing collaged leaf cards, and Allison Ounanian, hand...
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