BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
Voters gathered on March 4 and 5 for Annual Town Meeting voters, approving a $5.96-million school budget and passing an amended fiscal year 2020 municipal general fund budget of $1.89 million with $1.57 million to be raised by taxes. Voters amended the budget up in order to provide more coverage from the Windham County Sheriff's Office. During the 3{1/2}-hour meeting Monday night at Vernon Elementary School, residents considered more than 20 binding articles. “Vote with whatever color you have,” Town...
Local filmmaker Teresa Savel, in collaboration with the Westminster West Library, will host a screening of Palomita (Little Dove), a documentary about an indigenous women's doll-making collective high in the Andes Mountains of Peru, at the library, located at 3409 Westminster West Rd., on Friday, April 6. The event begins at 6:30 p.m., with Peruvian “humitas” (little tamales), followed by the film at 6:45 p.m. This 54-minute documentary, filled with vibrant cinematography and original Peruvian music, takes us from Southern...
The just-concluded primary campaign has created a long list of those deserving my thanks for participating in the exercise of our vibrant Vermont democracy: • My wife, Amelia Struthers, who married into this relationship of public service - service that asks both us and our family to make regular, and sometimes extraordinary, sacrifice in the service of our state. • Our cohort of campaign workers, who stepped up and offered helping hands for the myriad of tasks. They reminded voters...
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