BELLOWS FALLS — Please cease all quoting of Deb Wright. She is simply a nuisance. Amplifying her rants does not help, in any sense. She should have no spotlight.
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...
In his duties as director of ambulatory services at the Brattleboro Retreat, Kurt White works with clients in recovery. While a variety of factors influence a person's risk of developing an addiction, one factor reduces it. That measure: delaying the use of substances - tobacco, alcohol, opiates, cocaine - until adulthood. Substances affect the developing brain of a young person differently from that of an adult, he said. Cindy Hayford, coordinator of Deerfield Valley Community Partnership, agrees. DVCP is one...
It has been an honor and privilege to serve as the state representative for the people of Vernon and Guilford over the last four years. I'm running for re-election because I care deeply about the future of our rural communities. I continue to be very concerned about the growing divide in our country and the potential for deeper divides in our community. I believe in these times, we need leaders in Montpelier who can build bridges, not fences, to find...
Artists, artisans, and architects working in all media and from all over the country were recently invited by Art Around Books, a new gallery and workshop space in Bellows Falls, to participate in “RE-covery II: 43 Artists Re-imagine 43 Books.” According to a news release, the participants were asked to select a book that has been important to their creative processes - for better or worse - and “artistically alter” the cover and contents. Local artists include Eric Aho, Brian...
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