BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
Like chalk and cheese, incumbent Rep. Oliver Olsen and hopeful Claire Trask vie for the Windham-Bennington-Windsor-1 District seat, each saying they've listened to the people and know what they really want. Olsen, a Republican from Jamaica who was appointed in January by Gov. Jim Douglas to fill out the remainder of the late Rick Hube's term, describes himself as a “glass-half-full person” who believes people want good things and move instinctively toward success and what works. “I care deeply about...
Don McLean is producing a staged reading by Guilford Center Stage that asks a timely question: Could it happen here? “Timely” may be an odd word for a work based on a semi-satirical political novel written in 1935 during the heyday of fascism in Europe. The production by Guilford Center Stage is an adaptation for the stage by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. However, McLean believes the work has resonances for...
With the daily chaos raining down on the nation from the Trump White House, the 2017 state Legislature had to add a Trump Protection Plan to its work focused on Vermonters. Unfortunately, though, that chaos started to leak into the Vermont scene at the end of the session - more on that later. Some of the highlights of the session: • We passed a balanced budget that protects vital services while rejecting Governor Phil Scott's proposed $50 million property tax...
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