RE: “Can a bicycle replace the family car?” [News, Nov. 7]:
A spot of inspiring news! If people in Vermont can ride bikes even in the winter, we certainly can here in California!
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...
Last week, I was hit with a major health crisis, but thanks to the rapid intervention of the hematology/oncology team in One West at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., I was able to recover. I am grateful for the medical miracle that DHMC pulled off - quickly reviving a red-blood-cell production system that suddenly went haywire. The One West staff pulled me through and were unfailingly caring and kind to me and my wife, Joyce Marcel. But I also...
A letter in last week's Commons was written to reflect the views of the entire congregation of the Putney Friends, to which it was properly attributed. We also identified the person who sent the letter as the agent of the organization who signed it. He was clearly displeased. So contributors should take note: • When a letter is submitted on behalf of a collective entity - a board of directors, a congregation of a faith community, a municipal board -
Vermont Performance Lab is launching The Confluence Project, a new collaborative effort that demonstrates an in-depth model for bringing arts, youth, community groups, and educational institutions to the civic dialogue table to help create a deeper engagement around environmental and social issues in our community. The Confluence Project takes a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of water. It links visual and performing artists with the community development and natural-resource planning work of Windham Regional Commission and public programs...
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