DUMMERSTON — Randolph Holhut writes about sports with remarkable precision and imagination.
We also appreciate the balanced tone of his Sports Roundup columns, which are never biased toward a particular team.
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 Community Thanksgiving day meal at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden is open to one and all. For the feast to happen this November, however, the feast requires new leadership. For more than 10 years, the same committee of six has planned, organized, collected donations, and cooked for the Thanksgiving feast. A team of volunteers turn out on the day for the meal to help. That said, Katherine Barratt, Mark Schultz, Ray Branagan, Ian Bigelow, Lindsay Cobb, and Peter...
My enthusiasm for Sara Coffey has been boosted by the Nancy Gassett campaign's weekly mailings of plastic-coated alarmist broadsides filled with distortions of Sara's good works and misinterpretations of responsible legislation. I'm surprised at how far these absurdities go - especially the pretend “liberal” broadside opposing Article 22 on the grounds that it would somehow enable “mostly straight, white teachers” to dictate the reproductive rights of “15-year-old” members of “the BIPOC community.” Based on this cynically disguised, divisive rhetoric, voters...
The Theatre Adventure Wednesday Troupe will present an original adaptation of the classic tale Charlotte's Web on Wednesday, May 12, Thursday, May 13, and Friday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m., as an online production. The inclusive troupe uses acting, assistive technology, dancing, projected images, scenic design, and music to tell a well-beloved story about a girl named Fern who falls in love with a pig, a clever and caring spider, a rat who saves the day, and many other endearing...
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