Truly unhinged: In the name of “the idea of coming together,” Randolph T. Holhut doubles down on division.
Everything despicable about the neoliberal “New Dems” emerges in this rant.
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...
In the town's villages of Brookside, South Newfane, and Williamsville, “cars [are] speeding through without slowing down, and you have a recipe for a fatality.” That's according to Annie Landenberger, a member of a group of residents in the three villages who are working with the Planning Commission as “traffic-calming liaisons” to the Selectboard. At their Oct. 15 meeting, Selectboard members responded favorably, with the town agreeing to purchase a second mobile speed cart, a device that measures the speeds...
NXT Gallery at 15 Kimball Hill hosts an opening reception of "Aldila," an exhibition by painter Nancy Calicchio, on Sunday, Feb. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. Inspired by the Italian expression "Al di La," meaning "the beyond" or "heaven," Calicchio says her paintings seek to express the vast expansiveness of the sky above Southern Vermont: "The landscapes of rolling hills and meadows are uniquely captured, creating an intimate yet expansive connection between the earthly and the celestial." In her...
So many of us are distressed about the daily piling on of terrible news, the bizarre words and actions from Donald Trump, and the complete and total moral capitulation of the Republican party. I'm a white, straight business owner, and my busy bookstore actually benefits from people being home, from so many children being educated by their families, and from the many people who need visible yard signs, pins, and stickers to express their views. I personally am actually doing...
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