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...
On a section of riverbank on the edge of West River Park, the Conservation Commission is doing its best to try to control the spread of Japanese knotweed. The swimming hole and paddle-powered boat launch on the West River, a popular spot for visitors in the summer, is completely surrounded by knotweed. Town Planning Director Sue Fillion said that, left to its own devices, the patch of Japanese knotweed would grow to be very dense and impede public access to...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, part of an annual campaign to raise public awareness about sexual assault and sexual violence. It's not a month of celebration, but one of education about both the prevalence of sexual violence and about ways to prevent it. Our plans to host a writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence to tell their stories has been postponed, as has the public reading we were to hold next week. This column was originally going to...
Latchis Arts celebrates its fifth annual “Spell Check: A Spelling Bee for Grown-ups,” a lighthearted competition on the main stage of the Latchis Theatre, on Saturday, April 6, at 6 p.m. This exciting challenge pits trios of spellers against one another before a whimsical panel of judges and emcee Tom Bodett. Community members are invited to form teams of adult spellers, and gird themselves for an evening of lexical lightheartedness. As important as the wordplay are catchy team names, comical...
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