HALIFAX — I don't like the tactics of 17-year-old Rio Daims, who kept heifers waiting on hot pavement during last weekend's parade “die-in.”
But what is her father, who isn't quoted and whose decade-old activism is unrelated, doing in your story?
Sometime last century, newspapers started covering women in the news without mentioning their husbands.
Will today's child activists get that much respect?
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
In one member's home on a cold February night, six members of the Wardsboro Photo Group, all accomplished photographers and historians, pass around a set of photographs, organized by number in large plastic boxes designed to keep the art safe and dry. They have met at this table every Wednesday night for more than 30 years. For years, Chuck Fish, active in photography for the Dummerston Historical Society, has followed the efforts of the photo group, which is associated with...
You published a statement from the Aug. 23 Putney Selectboard meeting by Chair Aileen Chute. I can't think of a better example of a highly competent leader in local government explaining to people that their behavior cannot change the way town policies work. By simply reading her statement, I learned a lot about how good town planning protects people. While strong housing trusts and land trusts are far from perfect, I am grateful that we have them providing alternatives to...
Meeting author GennaRose Nethercott - albeit on Zoom - I felt as if she were taking my hand, inviting me to a cozy place, walking me into her story. The interplay between reality and somewhere else is evident in her choice of words, the environments of her website, her book tour presentations, her essential character. I was struck not only by her confidence and accomplishments, but by a sense of whimsy and wisdom, by a depth of stories to be...
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