GRAFTON-Among the summer arts happenings gracing green hills with theater, fine art, craft, circus, puppetry,
DUMMERSTON-All are invited to the opening reception of "Watercolors by Linda Rood" at the Dummerston...
GUILFORD-Pride began with rebellion. Kopkind Colony, the living memorial to the late radical journalist Andrew...
MARLBORO-Bard Owl, the duo of T. Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger, will perform a benefit...
A federal investigation found that the Twin Valley Unified Union School District failed to prevent a “hostile” school climate that included “targeted peer harassment” at Twin Valley Middle-High School, officials announced on March 16. In a settlement with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office, the district agreed to update its policies, improve training programs, and monitor the school's environment more closely, the agencies said. “Schools should feel safe for all children, but when harassment does happen, schools...
A deformed humanoid creature with the features of a bat is discovered in a cave in West Virginia. The stuff of musical comedy? Hardly. But that is the premise of Bat Boy: The Musical, which opens Friday, March, 4 for a two-week run at Main Street Arts. Not for the faint of heart, this show is an edgy exploration of the themes of hypocrisy, acceptance, forgiveness, racism, revenge, and scapegoating, with a not-so-healthy dose of vampirism, botched experiments, potential incest,
I thought it would be a good idea to elaborate on some important issues facing our state. Vermont is a state of roughly 626,000 people. With such a small population, an even smaller tax base, and a still-recovering economy, Montpelier shouldn't be pondering any tax increases. That means our property taxes shouldn't spike, nor should we be considering taxing services. Vermont has a long history of fiscal strength, so we need to ask ourselves whether a discussion about increasing taxes...
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