Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
The bottom line: Property taxes for 2020 could rise by 3 cents per $100 of assessed value, “a higher number than we intended or hoped for,” said Town Manager Peter B. Elwell. That's because of unanticipated insurance costs, offset in part by increasing revenues from rooms and meals tax. Budget season is underway, and at the Nov. 6 regular Selectboard meeting, Elwell presented the board with a fiscal year 2020 budget season preview, noting that “our work is ahead of...
An open letter to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch: I'm listening to the testimony of Capitol and other D.C. police officers as they share the trauma of Jan. 6, as I grieve for them and for our country. It is so painful but so true to hear what happened. It may surprise and horrify many of us, but is probably less surprising to people of color, many of whom have experienced abuse on a regular...
The Vermont Theatre Company will hold auditions for its upcoming production of Rathmines Road, written by Dierdre Kinahan, Monday, Feb. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hooker Dunham Theater and Gallery (HDTG), 139 Main St., Brattleboro. The show will be performed at HDTG April 29–May 1 and May 6–8. Interested actors are asked to prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues whose total time should not exceed four minutes. Auditions will be held in four 30-minute sections. For more information...
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