Little Bread & Puppet state goes up against big nuke and the fed gummit.
What could go wrong?
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
When Lachlan Francis, as a sophomore in a speech and argumentation course at Brattleboro Union High School, began to research the John Collins writing program, he could not have foreseen where his curiosity would lead him. “As part of my research,” Francis said, “I talked with Ms. (Teri) Appel, who had been my English teacher twice, as well as with other teachers, and I gained an interest in educational policy.” This interest, and the conversations about policy, continued even after...
Vermont lawmakers commissioned a research study in 2018 to determine whether the state's formula for weighting students with different needs and challenges should be structured in order to determine how much aid a school district receives. The report, prepared by researchers at the University of Vermont, Rutgers University, and the American Institutes for Research, recommends that students from lower income families and who are English-language-learners be weighted substantially more heavily than they are now. The Legislature is considering what to...
When cellist Tim Merton isn't managing his maple sugar operation on his property in Putney, where he produces 1,500 gallons of maple syrup per year, he's rehearsing Brahms or Beethoven for an upcoming Sarasa concert. Merton serves as co-director of the internationally acclaimed Sarasa Ensemble, which he founded 24 years ago because “I wanted to decide who I was going to play chamber music with and what the repertoire would be. This was the easiest and best way to do...
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