Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?
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...
The Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce will once again produce a valley-wide community arts installation, “Cool Running in the Valley.” Area artists will be challenged to create a signature work of art using six-foot handcrafted wooden toboggans purchased from American Traders in Brattleboro. The artwork will be auctioned later this year, with proceeds benefitting Deerfield Valley Community Cares Heating Assistance, The Deerfield Valley Food Pantry, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The toboggans will be displayed as a group in...
I will vote for the clean-energy resolution at Guilford's Annual Town Meeting. I will support this effort to make our state and my town pay attention to how our warming environment affects us all. Guilford is a small town, but we can be leaders in reducing our carbon footprint. Our fire department installed solar panels on its station. These provide power to the firehouse itself, as well as to the town office. That's power the town gets without depending on...
“We're all approaching the future, whether intentionally or not,” said Future Collective member Tess Lindsay, who is helping organize the collective's July 23 art and performance event at 118 Elliot. “What We Bring to Our Future” is the theme of the day's festivities, and will include a community art show, creative art market, and “collaborative, futuristic performances” from nine acts. “It's sort of a play on words,” Lindsay said, adding, “it's a fairly simple theme, but people can interpret it...
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