BRATTLEBORO — This is a great story and tribute to Marty Rancourt. I can say I've known him since he was born.
Good luck to him as he opens a new door.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
After a summer afternoon's torrential downpour, Lisa Marie makes her way gingerly down a slick, muddy trail, through a forested area on the outskirts of town. The trail leads to a temporary shelter: a big blue tarp anchored to four trees and nailed into the ground. A folding camp chair, a bike, and a quilted cloth sleeping bag, laid out to dry on a log, are the only possessions in sight. Down the hill, three blue tents are pitched among...
I have faced hate here in Vermont many times. It is here. I know a time when a town in Vermont would have never been okay with this kind of banner - “Hate Does Not Grow Well in the Rocky Soil of Vermont” - on its street. The banner has given me hope and pride for the positive change happening in my home. I read this letter, and it took away a bit of that loving feeling I had. I...
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota will bring his long history of indigenous activism and advocacy to a return performance on Saturday. This is Ghosthorse's second time performing at the church and the enthusiastic welcome he received last time encouraged him to return, according to a news release. Ghosthorse speaks frequently and internationally on the cosmology, diversity, and perspectives on the “relational/egalitarian vs. rational/hierarchal thinking processes of Western society,” according to a news...
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