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.
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...
Rows of green and red lettuce stretch across the fields of Harlow's River View Farm. As the warm June sun warms the morning air, volunteers gather around Zach Hebert as he demonstrates how to harvest the large heads of lettuce. Hebert and his volunteers are kicking off a new season of the Vermont Foodbank's southern Vermont gleaning program, which partners with local farms to harvest excess produce or fruit. Volunteers pick - or glean - the surplus food. The gleaned...
It's agonizing, yet unsurprising, to hear about the decades of trauma that may be caused by a single perpetrator of sexual harm when left unchecked. Sadly, that's kept global hotlines busy long before making many headlines. Yet what the tsunami of #MeToo has highlighted isn't just the enormous courage of survivors (and depravity of offenders), but also the enabling network of passive bystanders who often had information - who shoulda, coulda, woulda done something - but did not. And as...
"Processions," a series of collages by Westminster artist Carrie Gelfan, will be on exhibit at the Oxbow Gallery, 40 Cottage St., Easthampton, Massachusetts, during the month of December. There will be an opening reception for the artist on Friday, Dec. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. The public is invited. The collages represent various groups of people on the move. They were completed within the last two years, using mostly materials the artist already had on hand at home, such...
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