PUTNEY — Thank you, Joyce Marcel, for this wonderfully written and accurate tribute to my mother.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
The Vermont Department of Health has released funding to help make Windham County a healthier place to live by providing access to physical activity and nutritious food through a three-year, $20,000 grant. According to Suzanne Kelley, healthy communities coordinator of the Vermont Health Department's Health Promotion Disease Prevention Division, obesity, overweight, a lack of physical activity, and poor nutrition are significant problems in Vermont and nationally. “[Obesity leads] to numerous, expensive chronic conditions and is the second leading cause of...
For the businesses who submitted the anonymous column on the impact of panhandling, I suggest that they begin speaking more openly. As a regular downtown business customer, I stand ready with my wallet to support any business willing to engage in an honest dialogue. Speaking out on a controversial topic is hard. All the more reason I will support any downtown business that puts skin in the game and signs their name to any opinion expressed respectfully. I don't know...
The Vermont Jazz Center Sextet makes a return visit to Main Street Arts in a performance Friday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m., featuring the music of some of the greats of jazz. Works by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey, mixed in with some original music and arrangements written by members of the ensemble, promise an up-tempo experience for lovers of jazz. The sextet is the VJC's outreach ensemble that brings live jazz to a wider audience in less...
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