BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
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...
The Vermont House on March 11 narrowly overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto of H.361, a measure that allows Brattleboro to amend its charter so that 16- and 17-years-olds can vote in local elections. The chamber's 99-member coalition of Democrats and Progressives was joined by one Republican and two Independents to pass the measure by a vote of 102-47. One hundred votes are necessary to meet the two-thirds threshold required to override a gubernatorial veto in the House. Municipal charter changes...
Editor's note: Ron Squires was elected to the Legislature in 1990 and died in office in 1993. GUILFORD-My son, Ron Squires, got me involved in local politics when he ran for Vermont state representative in 1990. I've stayed connected ever since. Ron represented everyone in our district, no matter who they were or whether they voted for him. A few years ago, I heard Jason Herron speaking at a public meeting on BCTV. I was shocked at how he bad-mouthed...
"Still Life," a series of recent watercolors by Alice Freeman, is now on exhibit at the Putney Public Library through March 2. "For me painting is all about color and the joy it produces: in the doing of it and in the looking at it," Freeman said in a news release. "Watercolor is my preferred medium because of its unexpected quality and the knowledge that I never have complete control over it. Much of the magic happens on the paper...
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