BRATTLEBORO — It sounds to me like Patrick Leahy doesn't want to be a senator from Vermont anymore.
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
At age 21, Brittany Allard believes she may have found her niche. The Brattleboro resident is a member of the first class graduating from an accelerated medical assistant training program - the result of a new collaboration between Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and Community College of Vermont. Hospital and college administrators tout the 14-week program as an innovative way to meet workforce needs, since the Hospital offered full scholarships to eight students and guaranteed that they would have jobs upon completing...
Neither the victims nor the perpetrators of the alleged anti-Semitic program at local schools are identified in the letter. Because the conversation revolved around the Palestinian struggles, I'm wondering if criticism of the state of Israel's policies and practices is not being confused with anti-Semitism. This is an old tactic designated to divert criticism of the state. Another canard is that Jews critical of Israel are self-hating. The British government designated Palestine as a Jewish state. This was called the...
The Brattleboro Literary Festival invites everyone to a virtual summer Literary Cocktail Hour, featuring New York Times best-selling author Caroline Leavitt in conversation with best-selling author Amy Poeppel. The two authors will talk on Friday, Aug. 14, at 5 p.m. Poeppel will her talk about her new book, Musical Chairs, a funny novel that explores Bridget Stratton's summer - it was not what she planned. It is a story of motherhood, sisterhood, fixing up a house, music, and aging. It...
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