BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
Building Bright Futures, a Williston-based nonprofit that advocates for improved Early Childhood education, held a community discussion April 12 at the Brattleboro Retreat, addressing issues such as “getting pre-school right,” the vulnerability of the learning curve of the developmental years spanning birth to grade three, how crucial early involvement is, and how such involvement can reinforce that curve. “Children are born ready to learn,” Chad Simmons, the organization's Southeast Vermont Regional Coordinator, said at the event. Simmons played a video...
RE: “Shut up and count her blessings?” [Letters, May 29]: You don't believe people should count their blessings? I do. I also believe that there are people in far greater need than Shela Linton, who has a loving family and not one but two college degrees. She has a distinct advantage over a lot of other people, particularly when it comes to applying for a job and earning greater income. I believe that all programs that aid the poor should...
On July 22, 16 young people ranging in age from 15 to 21 traveled to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation for a three-week adventure of a lifetime. Representing communities in eight states - Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and South Dakota, as well as communities in Mexico and Afghanistan, and the native-American Oglala Lakota, Dine, Yaqui, Azteca, and Mayan tribes - these neophyte photographers brought their individual, community, and cultural perspectives, and keen interest in understanding...
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