A great project, and one I am happy and honored to be involved in.
Derrik Jordan has found a new way to get visionary musicians' work seen and heard. He is a consummate host who always seems to ask the right questions.
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...
Two local business and economic development groups have joined to ask the Selectboard to add an item to the fiscal year 2020 budget: $42,000 to market the town to visitors. Members of the boards of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance seek the funding from the 1-percent local-option tax that is added to Vermont's 9-percent rooms-and-meals tax and a 10-percent tax on alcohol served in restaurants. The statewide tax - not to be confused with...
HALIFAX-I was so pleased to see that Sens. Hashim and Harrison voted to support S.258, An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife. This common-sense bill would make wildlife management decisions in Vermont more democratic, fair, and humane. Updating the constituency of the Fish and Wildlife Board would make it more democratic. Especially when the agency is funded significantly by the General Fund, and their mandate is to manage wildlife for all Vermonters, the board should have broader...
New England Youth Theatre (NEYT) invites the community to share their family immigration stories as a part of their production of Rags, which opens on Thursday, Dec. 6. “Everyone has a story,” NEYT Executive Director Hallie Flower said in a news release. “We want to open up our theater as a place for people to share how their ancestors came to this country.” As part of the celebration of the immigrant experience with Rags, the youth theater's holiday musical, NEYT...
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