Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold an informational meeting for the public to review the town budget and ask questions before the special referendum to approve or reject the municipal budget. The meeting is at Oak Grove School, 15 Moreland Ave., on Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m. All registered voters can vote on the ballot question. Residents can register to vote up until 5 p.m., April 16. Absentee ballots will be available in the Town Clerk's office in the...
In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a change in raw-milk cheesemaking standards that places more than two-thirds of cheesemakers in the state at risk of being put out of business. Of the 48 members of the Vermont Cheese Council (vtcheese.com), 34 make at least one cheese using raw milk. According to industry insiders - cheesemakers, microbiologists, and even an authorized FDA agent - the agency's change in raw-milk cheese standards is not based in science. They...
A cool summer comedy comes to Saxtons River when Main Street Arts presents The Foreigner, beginning a two-week run Friday, July 1. Called “one of the funniest shows in American theater,” Larry Shue's award-winning comedy has grown into an audience favorite and a comic staple of regional theater companies across North America since its premier in the 1980s. The plot is a classic situation-comedy material, featuring several goofballs who could have been the center of a Monty Python sketch. Poor...
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