Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The Selectboard has narrowly voted to hire a sustainability coordinator, despite a lack of consensus even among proponents on exactly what encompasses “sustainability.” Members of the public who packed the board room for a two-hour discussion at the Aug. 20 Selectboard meeting overwhelmingly urged the board to take action. The board eventually voted 3–2 to create the new staff position, directing staff to create a job description and recruit candidates. That job description will likely shape how the town moves...
BRATTLEBORO-118 Elliot presents a special showing and conversation with the artists of "Fueled by Love: Work That Keeps You Going," an exhibition of paintings by Ellen Cone Maddrey, Gayle Robertson, John Loggia, Liza King, Mary Therese Wright, and Tina Olsen on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hot drinks and pastries will be provided. "Fueled by Love" brings together a collection of paintings by six artists, each piece chosen by the artist as a touchstone to keep...
As a longtime women's health educator and advocate, I was apoplectic when I read a recent commentary in The Commons [“Far beyond Roe v. Wade,” Viewpoint, Feb. 6] by a “chaplain serving an elderly population” who is also treasurer of the Republican Party in my state and a county party chair. The op-ed proffered so many spurious and false assertions, often stated by others with far-right political views, that my hair was nearly on fire. This is the claim that...
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