Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
The Selectboard has set a Special Town Meeting for Friday, Sept. 17 for voters to decide whether to permit cannabis sales in the community and whether to establish a 1-percent local-option sales tax. Voting will take place by Australian ballot at the Town Office at 100 Old School St., with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. An informational hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m., at the Town Hall, 139 Middletown Rd. To provide information...
When we first met, she was a college student in an Eastern European country that, ironically, brought down a dictator. When she arrived in the United States on a student visa, she became my “adopted” daughter. Here, illegally for several years, she ultimately earned a college degree, launched a career, and married a man who also grew up under a dictatorship. He was illegally in the U.S., too, until she obtained citizenship. America has been good to both of them.
River Gallery School has been selected to design and create the 2016 ornaments for Vermont in the 2016 “America Celebrates: Ornaments from Across the USA” display. The event is presented by the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service. Each state and territory has been invited to produce 12 ornaments to be hung on its state's tree as part of the America Celebrates Display on the Ellipse in President's Park national park in Washington, D.C. The official lighting of...
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