BRATTLEBORO-Albert Mikuski, now 88 years old, recalls an extraordinary story of how he and his...
-The state's housing crisis will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, and...
BRATTLEBORO-At a standing-room-only meeting at Academy School on Dec. 12, Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members...
PUTNEY-Ars longa, vita brevis. One translation of the Latin phrase is that craft takes a...
Some 3,500 acres of Glebe Mountain forestland will help anchor a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management area in southern Vermont. The land in Londonderry and Windham, now owned by The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, will be transferred to the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge to create a larger federal district, organizers announced on Oct. 26. “Under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stewardship, the property will be made more accessible for expanded and compatible public...
The writer is a former WSESD board member and current member of the Dummerston Selectboard. DUMMERSTON-Regarding the recent opinion piece by Kurt Daims and his take on the Dummerston School flag debacle, numerous errors need to be addressed. These are errors of logic and basic fact. First, Mr. Daims confuses (with an implied shrug of "so what?") the display of political candidate advertisements on a public school with a civics lesson. The decision by the Dummerston School to hang political...
At 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, the multimedia arts venue Epsilon Spires will host an immersive sound bath followed by a screening of Her Socialist Smile, a new documentary chronicling Helen Keller's political activism. The term “sound bath” describes an experience where listeners are enveloped in sound waves, creating a meditative environment that can foster shifts in perception. “A primary intention behind the pairing of this sound bath offering with the screening of Her Socialist Smile is to draw...
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