Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
The Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in conjunction with four regional economic development organizations, dropped a large lump of coal on the doorstep of the tri-county area on Christmas Eve. The coal arrived in the form a report outlining the economic ramifications of losing above-average-wage jobs with the closure of Windham County's Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. VY provides approximately 5 percent of the jobs and wages in the county, according to Chris Campany,
While I applaud Spoon Agave's passion and appropriate highlighting of several important issues we must address, his choice to praise Kurt Daims as an exemplar, while well-intended, is misguided. Communities are formed based on a set of expectations and constructs. Among those are respect for your neighbors, respect for the rules and regulations that govern the community, and respect for the behavioral tenets that define community membership. These unwritten guidelines keep communities functional and dynamic. Mr. Daims's abject disregard for...
Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179 CE) was a German magistra or monastic leader, mystic, healer, artist, author, counselor, and composer of music. In a Dec. 9-11 weekend retreat/workshop at Immanuel Retreat Center, 12 and 14 Church St., participants will explore her prolific life. From the time she was very young, Hildegard claimed to have visions. She received a prophetic call from God five years after her election in 1411 as magistra, female leader of a monastic foundation or abbess, demanding...
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