BRATTLEBORO-Under a slate gray sky with a cold wind sweeping across the Town Common, approximately...
JAMAICA-A 85–56 vote on Jan. 14 to keep Jamaica Village School open will affect the...
DUMMERSTON-The future of children's offerings at Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be a whole lot...
BRATTLEBORO-Three candidates have expressed interest in being appointed to the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD)
Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman will be taking on his boss, Gov. Phil Scott, in November. In the unofficial vote tally at press time, as reported by the Secretary of State's office, Zuckerman won a decisive victory over former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary. Zuckerman led Holcombe, 52 percent to 39 percent, with Bennington attorney Patrick Winburn finishing a distant third with 8 percent of the vote and Ralph Corbo of Wallingford getting less than 1.5 percent...
What is going on here? The Newfane Selectboard has accepted a petition for a re-vote on the same Town Office Building Bond issue that was just defeated in August by a large majority of the voters. To accept a petition at all for a second chance to reverse the majority's decisive vote is a slap in the face to the voters of Newfane. To accept such a petition even though the board had knowledge that an unknown number of signatures...
Under the auspices of their non-profit organization, the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts (VTiCA), Abby Raeder and Robert Sarly have bought and have begun renovating the American Legion building in Chester. In conjunction with those efforts, they have started work on promoting an east-west day tour that will connect galleries, artists, and their works with more people who can appreciate art outside of the mainstream. Their goal: creating visibility and recognition for contemporary artists, who must struggle even harder than...
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