BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Sherri Keefe, for your efforts to protect others from predation and abuse.
It takes such courage to stand alone in the face of all you're enduring when you tell your story.
Much love and support to you.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
With every hurricane, tropical storm, and superstorm, thousands of lives are disrupted, harmed, or ended. Property is destroyed. Roads and bridges wash away. Sometimes the most vulnerable people suffer the worst - and never bounce back. Might there be a better way to plan houses, communities, and entire cities to withstand climate-related devastation? Alex Wilson, founder of Resilient Design Institute (RDI), thinks there is. The non-profit's mission is to create “solutions that enable buildings and communities to survive and thrive...
On April 13, Donald Trump falsely asserted that “[w]hen somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total,” regarding when to reopen the economy during the COVID-19 crisis. In a democracy, authority is given from the people, not demanded from the leader. Authorities must be truthful and honest in order to have “authority” over others. In the past three years, Mr. Trump has lied more than 17,000 times. The drip, drip, drip of his lies has eroded...
GennaRose Nethercott will present a creative writing workshop on Sunday, Jan. 21. "Eclipse Folklore as Inspiration" will be held at 1 p.m. at the Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford Center. In this workshop, participants will take a tour through eclipse folklore, myths, and superstitions, and then reimagine these old stories to create new ones. Nethercott is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, the soon-to-be-published Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack's Dove, which was...
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