BRATTLEBORO — It sounds to me like Patrick Leahy doesn't want to be a senator from Vermont anymore.
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...
Several contested races will appear on the ballot for the March 5 town election, which will result in a big change in the composition of the Selectboard. Current Selectboard Chair Kate O'Connor has decided not to seek re-election to her three-year seat. “I've been there for six years, and it's time to give someone else a chance to serve,” O'Connor said on Jan. 28, the deadline day for filing nomination papers to get on the ballot. O'Connor, also the executive...
It starts on an August day, above Flathead Lake in Montana, just a few moments before I head to a wedding. My cell phone rings. I think of turning it off. I'm on vacation. It's a special day. My children are here, my closest friends. Who would I need to talk to? I check to see. A Vermont number. My sister. And so it starts: “Liz? It's Maggie.” “Maggie?” I ask. Her voice is lower than usual. Dark. My heart...
Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire brings their a cappella voices to Vermont for a Christmas concert at the Grafton Brick Meeting House, 2 Main St., on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 at 7 p.m. The South Florida-based choir will perform festive carols from varied traditions alongside newer takes on classics from contemporary composers. Seraphic Fire's associate conductor, James K. Bass, will lead the ensemble of 13 singers. Bass is also the Director of Choral Studies at UCLA Herb Alpert School of...
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