MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Athens Town Office Volunteers sponsor raffle ATHENS - There is still time to get tickets in the raffle being sponsored by the Town Office Volunteers (TOV) of Athens. The TOV, a group of citizens that came together to help save the town money and provide much-needed repairs to the old one-room schoolhouse that serves as the Athens Town Office, is holding this fundraiser to help fund the renovation efforts. They have saved the town considerable money to date, and have...
On Monday April 29, at 7 p.m., in the Brooks Memorial Library meeting room, there will be a celebration to mark the publication of Ken Hebson's first book of poetry, “South from Istanbul.” Hebson will be joined by poet Wyn Cooper for a reading and book signing. Copies of Hebson's letterpress chapbook, published this month by Green River Press, will be available for purchase and signing, as will copies of Cooper's four books of poems. Hebson, who has lived in...
Wealth today has no value unless it is used to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent and address the global-warming crisis. Scientists believe carbon emissions reduction must happen immediately - by the year 2050, only 35 years from now - to prevent a catastrophic and suicidal calamity. People worldwide are calling for immediate divestment from all fossil fuel. Since we already have more than enough fuel above ground in storage to carry us through the needed transition time to the...
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