Opposition to Vermont Yankee is more like a religion than a war.
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...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Despite the recent closing of the Austine School, Austine's yearly Thanksgiving community feast will be continued by the Brattleboro Deaf Club. For many years, the Austine School had graciously offered a traditional Thanksgiving meal to the local community. This presented a precious opportunity for parents, deaf students, business leaders, and the general public to schmooze and intermingle while fostering a warm community relationship. Developing this community relationship is key to this cherished event, which is why the Brattleboro Deaf Club...
In August, all the commentators of Vermont Public Radio- including myself - were shown the back door. When I heard the news, I was visibly upset. You have to understand: I have been doing garden and farm commentaries for VPR for over 20 years. I was one of longest-serving commentators, along with Willem Lange and Madeline Kunin, our former governor. I read the news of our firings in VTDigger before I was informed by VPR. A poor process indeed. I...
When it comes to buying and selling old books, Ken Gloss has two main principles - a book is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and the appraised value of a collectible book is totally subjective. As the co-proprietor of the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, one of the oldest antiquarian bookstores in the U.S., and an appraiser of old books and ephemera on PBS's “Antiques Roadshow,” Gloss is sought after for his expertise on old...
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