Elayne Clift (a Hillary lover) is outraged that President Trump is against unborn children being murdered. She calls his pro-life position “downright mean.”
No, Elayne, you're the one who's downright mean!
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Robin Rieske arrived to town with five overdose emergency kits. The red metal boxes with a glass front resembled a square version of a small fire extinguisher cabinet. But rather than putting out flames, the tools inside could reverse an opioid overdose. Two hours later, Rieske had distributed the day's supply - a fraction of the 175 boxes she and colleagues have helped hand out in recent years to businesses and community groups across southeastern Vermont. Her work is part...
The Vermont Arts Council selected John Willis to receive the 2018 Ellen McCulloch-Lovell Award in Arts Education. McCulloch-Lovell presented the award to Willis during a ceremony on Nov. 14 at the Vermont Statehouse. The award is given annually to a Vermont resident whose work has substantially improved student engagement in and knowledge of the arts and who has received significant professional recognition. In presenting the award, McCulloch-Lovell cited Willis' role as a professor of photography at Marlboro College, where he...
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” To “keep arms” means to “have weapons,” to “bear arms” means to carry them. “Weapons” is generally taken to mean “guns” as opposed to tanks, missiles, and cannons. According to Merriam-Webster, “infringe” means to “encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights...
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