BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
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...
After three months and eight meetings, the Selectboard unanimously approved the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget on Jan. 19. Board chair David Gartenstein said, “This budget provides essentially level service from last year to this year.” Compared to fiscal year 2016, the proposed budget increased 3.71 percent. This increase translates into a property tax increase of $0.0182 per $100 compared to the previous year. The owner of a house valued at $100,000 can expect to see an additional $18.18 on...
Politicians often like to pretend that there is only good and evil. This helps them give false choices to the public. This is happening today in Vermont's Congressional election. Candidate Becca Balint wanted money recently, and she thought it a good fundraising tactic to ask for donations while claiming her opponent is “anti-choice.” I am the person she is trying to stick that label on. She is being incredibly misleading. Here's why: To be clear, I am for protecting more...
BRATTLEBORO-What do community land trusts, the slow food movement, water stewardship, distributed cooperative organizations, crowdfunding, cooperatives, and community arts groups all have in common? Each is a manifestation of "the commons." On Monday, June 23, Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) hosts commons expert and advocate David Bollier, author of several books and host of the monthly podcast, Frontiers of Commoning, for "Think Like a Commoner," an exploration of innovated systems for better, more fulfilling, healthier living among all peoples -
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