BRATTLEBORO-Albert Mikuski, now 88 years old, recalls an extraordinary story of how he and his...
-The state's housing crisis will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, and...
BRATTLEBORO-At a standing-room-only meeting at Academy School on Dec. 12, Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members...
PUTNEY-Ars longa, vita brevis. One translation of the Latin phrase is that craft takes a...
There have been eight studies done by the Senate Government Operations Committee during the past 15 years regarding rural policing and public safety. And every one of them, said committee Chair Jeanette White, D-Windham, ended up being filed away on a shelf in the committee room. “The shelf is starting to sag,” White said. But the issues of public safety in Vermont's smaller communities have not gone away. If anything, they've gotten worse. So, rather than do another study, White...
At the Nuremberg Trials, Reich Marshal Hermann Göering testified, “Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along…. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and...
On Saturday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m., local dance school SoBo Studio will host its first SoBo Studio Social Distance Show at Living Memorial Park's Rotary Theater. “All the feelings of the quarantine will be wrapped into one demented bundle of joy, pain, confusion, and ecstatic despair,” organizers said in a news release. “The show will be packed with dance, comedy sketches, improv theater, storytelling, social commentary, political pontificating, and a post-apocalyptic fashion show.” The show is free, although donations...
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