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...
When Windham Regional Commission executive director Chris Campany walked into the NewBrook Firehouse on Jan. 22 for a public forum on broadband and cell phone access in the region, he saw something rare and unusual for Newfane. He saw Vermont Telecommunications Authority executive director Christopher Campbell talking on a cell phone. “When I saw him, I thought he was just messing with me,” said Campany. But it wasn't a prank. In the middle of one of the notorious dead zones...
The Brattleboro Labor Day Dawn Dance is set for Sunday, Aug. 31. The Dawn Dance, which takes place each year on Memorial Day and Labor Day, draws dancers from far and wide for the chance to dance the night away to a selection of the finest musicians and callers in the country. The afternoon English country dance runs from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Stone Church, across the street from the Gibson-Aiken Center. Pianist Dave Wiesler, from Dover, Del.,
A lot has been discussed about the effects of the Covid pandemic on our society, but one story I haven't heard talked about much is the effect it has had on our local 12-step recovery community. A major part of the 12-step recovery process is the attendance at meetings with others in recovery. There, issues and problems relating to alcoholism and addiction are discussed and members help one another to stave off the often-fatal obsession with substance abuse. Using the...
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