This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Since the first days of the year, Windham County's legislators have been hard at work in Montpelier. And now, as the midpoint of the Session looms, Vermonters are starting to see the diverse and interesting results. Among them? An more than $873 million transportation bill. A bill taxing the wealthy. A tweak to the Renewable Energy Standard. Multiple and massive suggested changes to Act 250, the state's land-use law. A bill protecting African Americans from being discriminated against because of...
The saying goes that two things in life are certain: death and taxes. On the surface, these two realities do not have much in common beyond their certainty, but, in fact, they are connected. Taxes are part of a legacy that each person creates which will shape the world long after their death. But with a large portion of tax money in the United States directly paying for weapons of death and destruction, all of us owe it to ourselves...
On Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Fafnir Adamites will give a talk about the artist's installation 'Interfere (with),' on view through March 7, and the ways in which the sculptures act as “monuments and reminders of trauma, intuition, and the legacy of emotional turmoil.” Curator Sarah Freeman said in a news release that “Adamites' installation of felted wool and burlap feels overwhelming and potentially suffocating. However, the use of highly tactile materials...
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