You can tell when a presidential candidate has tapped into our national consciousness. The name is inescapable; Facebook feeds wash out in a tidal wave. As a candidate, Bernie Sanders has reached this stage. Businesses, especially throughout Vermont, are highlighting the Vermont senator’s campaign through food and apparel. Left-leaning Windham County might be a natural base of support for Sanders, even without the state pride. Voters in the county favored Obama in 2012 by a margin of 49 points, greater...
Five students from The Grammar School had their musical compositions chosen for the Vermont MIDI Project's Opus 23 concert. Pieces by Molly Durling (“Chasing Squirrels”), Tyler Silbey and Luke Cuerdon (“Fairy Tale”), and Ethan Foster and Robin McOwen (“Summer Fanfare”) were performed live on Dec. 5 at at the Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael's College in Colchester. The 16 winning pieces were performed by professional musicians in brass, percussion, piano, and voice. Opus 23 is a production of the...
The voters' choice is always ours, at least for now. Simple math: Dummerston, Putney, Guilford, and Vernon have 100-percent direct voter participation in their schools, done by electing school board members and/or casting a ballot at Town Meeting. Changing school governance to a super board under Act 46 gives each of these towns one member per outlying town (Brattleboro has more) to a board of eight or so. The outlying towns would then have less than a 15-percent say in...
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