Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Green Up Day has been an annual tradition in Vermont since 1970, and local Green Up committee volunteers are busy pulling together the details of meeting sites, making sure there are refreshments for volunteers, putting up reminder posters, and many other tasks. One of these tasks is finding the funds to underwrite the costs. Doing its part, burton Car Wash and Detailing is holding its ninth annual Green Up benefit on Friday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In 1985, I began my career as music director at Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, a charitable home and school serving children at risk or in need. After 28 years, I still feel the same passion and motivation as the day I started. Every day, this work underscores my belief that, as a music educator, I am helping to improve lives and make the world a better place. For students at Kurn Hattin, music is a powerful gift. Many have...
Rich Earth Institute presents an evening of fun and education with artist, comedian, and sustainability activist Shawn Shafner on Friday, March 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event, at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, is free. Included are hors d'oeuvres, interactive activities for all ages, door prizes, urine donor recognition, and an update on Rich Earth Institute's recent accomplishments. Shafner is founder of The People's Own Organic Power Project (The POOP Project; www.thepoopproject.org), a grassroots organization working since...
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