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...
Town Auditors' Report now available BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Town Auditors' Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, is available upon request and may be picked up at the Town Clerk's office, 230 Main St. The Auditors' Reports will also be available as part of the Town and Town School District Annual Report, which will be available at the Town Clerk's office no later than Feb. 21. Based on a vote at Representative Town Meeting in 2010, the town...
Rita Corbin, a graphic artist and printmaker, became involved in the Catholic Worker movement while living in New York City in the 1950s. The co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement and Catholic Worker newspaper, Dorothy Day, hired Corbin to make illustrations for the newspaper, and they became friends. Corbin became a lifelong contributor and was one of the three primary Catholic Worker artists, along with Fritz Eichenberg and Ade Bethune. In 1954, she married Martin Corbin, editor and literary critic.
RE: “New group brings post-Newtown dialogue to Vermont” [News, June 19]: Gun laws won't stop tragedies like Newtown from happening again. And one will happen on Vermont soil someday. Just a random lightning strike - very rare, but still devastating. Hopefully, when it does happen, Vermont will have allowed concealed-carry users in schools so they can act as a lightning rod and stop the destruction, instead of becoming a victim. Violence isn't going away - Boston showed us that. We...
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