ROCKINGHAM-A pair of Stephen Belaski murals, in storage in northern New York for the past...
BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard has learned that it will cost about $2.1 million - a 9% increase...
With the election now in the books, change is in the air. But how this...
BRATTLEBORO-"I always thought that the Sportsman's Lounge on Canal Street in Brattleboro was our own...
Raw milk. To supporters, the phrase conjures images of a life-enhancing whole food good for the body and good for farmers' economic sustainability. To opponents, the phrase denotes a pathogen-carrying demon worthy of big warning labels and prohibition-style government raids. The Northeast Organic Farmers Association hosted a raw milk symposium as part of its annual conference last Friday where more than 100 farmers, activists, consumers and interested participants discussed raw milk's benefits and challenges. Raw milk - or “real milk,”
Howard Fairman, a native Vermonter, likes to study official public documents and presentations, research their backgrounds and implications, document what's really happening, then share food for thought with fellow grassroots Vermonters. PUTNEY-What happens when consultants from afar "with decades of experience in large, urban settings," as they claim on their website, offer their professional advice to rural Vermont towns? Putney is an example. Based in Sheridan, Wyoming, AP Triton advised the town in its Fire Department Operations Analysis: "It is...
Actors Theatre Playhouse has moved up the dates for its next two productions. Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight and Magnolias has moved their 12 performance dates to Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays for four weeks Aug. 15 through Sept. 7, while Alan Ayckbourn's Time of My Life will now perform on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, Sept. 12 thru Sept. 28. Moonlight and Magnolias is based on the true story of the making of the film Gone with the Wind. It's five weeks into...
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