BRATTLEBORO — Thanks to the 4,461 Windham County voters who supported my run.
I experienced seven weeks of kind and encouraging comments from old friends, acquaintances, and total strangers.
I strongly encourage others to consider running for public office. It is a rewarding and affirming experience, win or lose.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
With less than a week to go before Election Day on Nov. 8, the election season in Vermont has been relatively tranquil, compared to other states. A number of statewide races in Vermont are contested, and in the state House and Senate races, Republicans and some unaffiliated candidates have mounted challenges to Democratic incumbents. Two proposed amendments to the Vermont Constitution also appear on this year's ballot. Here's who and what will be on your ballot in Windham County on...
BRATTLEBORO-Once again, I read comments from state representatives that are just unbelievable. Our reps in Montpelier are positioning the recent property tax increase as a tax cut. It goes like this: The initial budget they put forth would have resulted in an educational tax increase of 22%. After jockeying some things around and implementing some new taxes, they held the increase to 9%. These legislators then herald this as a 13% tax cut because they didn't go up the full...
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.” Hear this as the seminal line in Winged Productions' original contemporary mystery play, Michael, Sept. 30 though Oct. 2 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Brattleboro. Winged Productions is the creation of Paul and Susan Dedell. The former has written several scores for Sandglass Theater works, including D-Generation and Conference of the Birds. In addition, he's composed several large choral works, Come Life, Shaker Life and Songs of...
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