Congratulations, Robbs!
You are some of the hardest working people I know, and you deserve every maple product sale you get from this opportunity and others!
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...
After nearly seven months of having an absent town clerk and treasurer, approximately 140 residents petitioned the Selectboard to consider changing those positions from elected to appointed. This request will allow the Selectboard to place the articles on the Town Meeting warning. On March 6, through Australian ballot, voters will ultimately decide if the town clerk and treasurer will continue on as elected officials, or if the Selectboard can appoint those positions. At last year's Town Meeting, Denise Germon, a...
I also appreciated the article by Joyce Marcel on housing supply and homelessness. In 2022, for family reasons, I tried to find an apartment in Brattleboro with zero responses to inquiries. Now, I've been there enough to know you are not rude. Inundated? Call this a casual data point on your supply constraints. I can only imagine how hard it is at lower incomes. Another angle on housing is transportation. My sense of Vermont is that, despite the concern to...
Friends of Music at Guilford (FOMAG) recently announced the cancellation of its annual Labor Day Weekend Festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, the two-concert event includes a Saturday evening organ program, and a Sunday afternoon lawn concert at the Organ Barn in Guilford, featuring the Guilford Festival Orchestra. In making the announcement, FOMAG president Jenifer Ambler noted in a news release that this is the first time the event has been cancelled in its 55-year history. “The organ program,
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