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...
With an $800,000 shortfall in the town budget last fall, town officials say they will likely have to cut administrative positions to cope. The announcement came from Selectboard chair Tom MacPhee, who stated the cuts would save the town $160,000. Public Works Director Everett Hammond, Administrative Assistant Joanne Perry, and Town Hall Custodian Diana Brough face layoffs, and the town will not fill an open maintenance position in the highway department. In addition, the Selectboard anticipates a 10-percent cut in...
Wendy Redlinger's Jazz soirée, located at 2596 Tater Lane, presents the Bob Stabach 4tet on Sunday, March 11, at 3 p.m. The 4tet will be performing original new compositions along with some Great American Songbook classics recast in the jazz style. Most of the new compositions are penned by Bob Stabach, the saxophonist and leader of the group. One of the new compositions is titled “Portrait.” Stabach started composing this piece three years ago, then shelved it until three months...
Councilor Sandra Levine did a fine job of doing what she is paid to do: spread discontent and misinformation. She got everything wrong, either intentionally or through carelessness. Date: Dec. 23 is two days before Christmas. Lack of Certificate of Public Good: Entergy is operating under the old one while the court case finishes, because the Legislature acted illegally - says the federal courts. Decommissioning: SAFSTOR ends after 60 years; it does not start then. Decommissioning fund: Entergy added money...
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