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It's nice to see the attention paid to the students and the respect to the teacher. We need more of this! Go Bernie!
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...
U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., announced on Aug. 1 that more than $254 million that they requested on behalf of 89 Vermont projects has been included in the annual Senate Appropriations bills released last week. These 12 bills will fund the federal government for fiscal year 2023 and will have to be negotiated before being passed by both the House and Senate and signed into law by the president. According to a news release, Sanders's and...
Phil Scott wouldn't have been elected without the votes of many Independents and Democrats concerned about the out-of-control spending and unsustainable tax burdens that are making our wonderful little state unaffordable for young families and retirees and driving businesses across the Connecticut River. In vetoing the budget, he was fulfilling his pledge to the clear majority of Vermonters who elected him. If even a fraction of the proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid reimbursement, transportation, and environmental programs are enacted, Vermont's...
PUTNEY-The Emily Margaret Band is set to perform at the Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 6 p.m. on the Putney Tavern lawn on Main Street. The Emily Margaret Band is a teen quartet that merges R&B and jazz into what organizers call "an evocative musical journey." Drawing inspiration from artists such as Hiatus Kaiyote, Amy Winehouse, and Lianne La Havas, the band offers a "fresh and innovative sound that resonates deeply with listeners." The...
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