BRATTLEBORO — Whoever painted this graffiti on a rock in the West River estuary, please desist.
Haven't we already done enough to the Abenaki lands?
Painted rocks on the West River.
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With the return of Rep. Emily Long of Newfane as House majority leader, Windham County will again be represented in the leadership of the Vermont House of Representatives for the coming 2023–24 biennium. Democratic members of the House selected their leadership slate during a public caucus held on Dec. 3 at the State House in Montpelier. Rep. Jill Krowinski of Burlington was elected by the 104-member caucus to return for her second term as Speaker of the House. Krowinski's nomination...
Brooks Memorial Library, in collaboration with C.X. Silver Gallery, presents Lynn Herring's XOX! group performance art-piece at the library on Saturday Aug. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m., with an artist talk at 3 p.m. People of all ages are welcome to the free program, and the venue is accessible. According to a news release, the art-piece is a reimagined strategic game-as-art and asks the question, “Can art bring people together to set aside their differences, to sit down and...
To my fellow Windham-3 residents: I urge you to vote for Leslie Goldman in the primary for state representative. I have known Leslie since she began her medical practice in Bellows Falls in 1982, first as a medical practitioner, later as a neighbor, and eventually as a close friend and colleague. We have served together on committees, we have shared the ups and downs of parenting children close in age, and I have seen her in action as an advocate...
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