RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Alex Wilson's version of a “This Old House” episode might include net-metered solar panels, cork insulation, and high-tech quadruple-glazed windows. He also might hire a construction crane to set the house aside during foundation work. Wilson, a pioneer and prominent advocate in the green-building movement, brought all of that and more to the recent renovation of a historic farmhouse in Dummerston. The result is a home that's producing more electricity than it uses, with enough surplus energy to power his...
We were sorry to learn that, for personal and family reasons, Dennis Mirante has decided not to stand for re-election to the Athens Selectboard. It is appropriate, therefore, that we take a moment to express our gratitude to him for his service on behalf of the citizens of Athens over the past three years, especially in his efforts to encourage transparency and accountability in our town government. In particular, we would like to thank him for his unstinting efforts to...
After the success of the Backlot Cinema, a series of distanced outdoor movies downtown this summer, Epsilon Spires at 190 Main St. will offer films on demand. Starting Oct. 16, This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and The Politics of Truth (2019), will be available on demand. In an era of fake news, when journalists are dubbed “the enemies of the people,” journalist Robert Fisk's resolve to document reality has become an obsessive war to speak the truth. For...
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