NEWFANE — I feel that I am in the way that I should be, having Rich Holschuh's voice in the The Commons. I especially liked where he ended, on the importance of knowing a language to understand a culture, and the lessons for us there.
I would love to read Rich's voice on a more regular basis in The Commons. We need to hear these lessons.
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Construction work on a new train station, which will include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, is now set to start in March, says Amtrak Lead Public Relations Specialist Jen Flanagan. Enfield Enterprises, LLC has been hired to execute the work, which is expected to take 18 months to complete. The new Amtrak station plan was approved by the Development Review Board in December 2020 and administratively renewed through December 2023. The Selectboard, on behalf of the town,
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark College. A former member of the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media, he was a longtime volunteer investigative reporter and columnist for this newspaper. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL-I was reading a sports article a few weeks ago and tried to click through to a clip when I was told that the social media platform called X was not available. I went to my own...
During the week of Oct. 12, the Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) will launch its 2020 educational season. According to a news release, the VJC says that this fall's new offerings “make good use of the Jazz Center's summer faculty as instructors can now Zoom in from afar to reach students from all around the world.” VJC's expanded educational programs includes online options as well as onsite opportunities for local participants run in accordance with local and safety guidelines. New online...
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