DUMMERSTON — It's sad when you're a devoted employee for decades and when you leave it's no big thing to an employer.
People wonder why no one wants to work at one place for long.
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...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
I'm wishing you well on this day, and thank you as always for reading my (hopefully sensible) ramblings on our weekly weather in southeastern Vermont. One thing is for sure - winter is arriving on schedule with the first real shot of Arctic air on the march, and by Saturday you will feel it in your bones. There's not much in the way of guarantees in the weather business, but the impending cold snap is a sure bet. For Wednesday,
Dear Brattleboro: I issue you a challenge. Are you up for it? I've been thinking about the nature of challenges and the good work that comes out when we are challenged outside of our comfort zones - the good work that can come when we think on a level outside of what we are normally accustomed to. I would like to issue a challenge to all of us - one that invites us to reflect about the ways we build...
Amherst College professor Barry O'Connell will consider why the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson continue to inspire in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on April 4, at 7 p.m. His talk, “An Emerson for Our Time,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Drawing on Emerson's essays “The American Scholar,” “Self-Reliance,” and “Experience,” O'Connell will explore the many ways Emerson's writings continue to offer insights...
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