BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
It's day two of the 2014 Vermont legislative session, and the grand hallway of the Statehouse's first floor is nearly empty. Most lawmakers sit in committee meetings, cramming work in before the governor's State of the State address later that afternoon. One harbinger of crowds to come: a police officer standing in the lobby with a sniffer dog. Rather than a big bruiser of a German shepherd, the dog appears to be a young Labrador retriever. A gaggle of civilians...
During a walking tour of Porto, a spectacular city in the north of Portugal, the sunny, peaceful, spring-like day highlighted the orange clay roofs, the pastel-colored three-story apartments with the ubiquitous tiling, and the wide Douro River. I was amazed to hear from our guide, Cyril, that before 2001, neither tourists nor residents would come to Porto, unless they needed to be there on business, as it is the center of the port wine industry. As we stood at the...
The Saxtons River Art Guild (SRAG) presents a one-day workshop given by Vermont watercolorist John Dimick on Saturday, May 6, at the United Church of Bellows Falls, 8 School Street, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Workshop fees are $70 for SRAG members and $90 for nonmembers. The theme of the workshop is “Painting Urban Landscapes.” This is open to all abilities; however, some watercolor experience is suggested. Artists interested in the urban landscape theme and working in other media...
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