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!
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...
Students at the School for International Training are campaigning to have SIT divest itself from fossil fuels. The students are talking with administrators and board of the school's parent nonprofit, World Learning, to get the institution to divest the portion of its $48.5 million endowment that is invested in fossil fuel companies. World Learning is a nonprofit corporation that includes the SIT Graduate Institute, SIT Study Abroad, and the Experiment in International Living in Brattleboro, as well as the International...
Meat birds begin their life in transit, inside the arteries of the United States Postal Service, crossing state lines with bestsellers from Amazon and stretch jeans from Lands' End. But unlike those other packages, chick boxes contain a surplus, a couple of extra baby birds to make up for the wear and tear of travel. It's an inexpensive way to console the customer when a pile of feathers arrives without any peeps. Chicken farmers, however, are a peculiar type of...
The Steamboats, an ensemble of picker-singer-songwriters, combine reverence for the American vocal group with a progressive sensibility all their own. They will perform a Stone Church Arts concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, the stone church on the hill, at 20 Church St., Bellows Falls. Singers Nick Throop, Mario Rincon, and Jon Jaffee hone gospel and a capella backgrounds, their soaring harmonies reminiscent of The Soul Stirrers and Fleet Foxes alike.
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