WESTMINSTER — What do Russians have to do with any of this? It was the Clinton campaign that smeared Bernie Sanders' supporters as “bros,” and it was the Clinton campaign that blamed their loss to Trump on Russians.
Their - including Sanders' - inability to admit either of those facts does not bode well for the Democrats.
To win elections, you have to operate a little more in reality.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
The NewBrook Elementary School staff and students have many reasons for a party: a new solar array, a $15,000 farm-to-school grant, a new chef in the cafeteria, and the retirement of two beloved staff members. Rather than holding multiple celebrations, school officials put them all together, added a big outdoor luncheon, and invited the greater community to join them. On June 12, the school's students, faculty, and staff, local business owners, and members of the School Board and the Parent-Teacher...
DUMMERSTON-I feel strongly that our Vermont Legislature needs a lot of changes, all over the state this year. At present, legislators don't appear to listen to the public, especially those of us who live in southern Vermont. They seem to feel that they know what is best for all of us. Their agenda seems to always be top down, not bottom up. We aren't all cities like Burlington. We need well-rounded, moderate people in Montpelier to really listen to their...
This year’s musical at Brattleboro Union High School, the 50th to be staged there, is “Fiddler on the Roof,” opening on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. With book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, it tells the story of Tevye, a poor dairyman, who lives with his wife Golde and their five daughters in the small Jewish village of Anatevka, in czarist Russia, in 1905. It is based on the short stories of...
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