SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
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...
The $12.8 million police-fire facilities project - a long and sometimes-contentious process - has officially come to a close. The Selectboard will move forward with a series of final projects and an urgent upgrade for the town's alarm system, which will require Representative Town Meeting approval. Although both police and fire departments have long since settled into their new facilities, work on the buildings and their infrastructure is not yet complete, but at the Jan. 8 special Selectboard meeting, the...
There are occasions in life that gift us serendipitously. Often they move us. Such was my experience when I met Russian-born Alexey Neyman, an 83-year-old Jewish artist whose work was sold at the Creative Connections Gift Shop and Gallery in Ashburnham, Mass., recently in support of Ukraine. Neyman's exhibition, “The Habitual Light of Memory,” was mounted to raise funds for Ukraine. The works raised over $4,600 on the first day of the exhibit, and the funds were immediately sent to...
After maneuvering through the last six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) returns to its normal hours on Sept. 2. The center will remain open Wednesday through Sunday, between noon and 5 p.m., with no appointment necessary. Visitors must wear a mask and practice social distancing when inside VCP, which will enforce a strict limit of 10 visitors at a time. As part of the reopening, VCP will present its 2020 annual members' exhibition through...
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