I'm looking forward to a day when dentistry offers a system of care rather than sporadic charity care for the many Vermonters who fall through the cracks.
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. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., is in a difficult position. On the one hand, she wants to work hard for her constituents, who have serious and pressing needs. On the other hand, she serves in one of the most divisive Houses in history - and she is in the minority party. “It does get demoralizing when I sit in a committee and what is happening on the other side of the aisle is a lot of misinformation and disinformation,” she...
Do you think a hunter should be able to kill a bobcat solely for the “sport” and leave the body to rot where the animal was killed? If not, then you're in the majority! Tragically, Vermont has no laws that prevent this behavior, and it happens every year. As a term, “wanton waste” is fairly clear, although “wanton” is not exactly a staple of everyday conversation. The top three definitions of “wanton” in Merriam-Webster are “merciless/inhumane,” “malicious,” and “extravagant,” making...
Puppeteer and educator Finn Campman is coming home for Thanksgiving. On Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m., Sandglass Theater, a 60-seat performance space that specializes in combining puppets with music, actors and visual imagery, will showcase Campman's Of Bread and Paper. Campman, of Putney, had been an integral member of Sandglass from when he first began working with puppets there about 25 years ago until his teaching career made touring with the company impossible. Inspired by Roma folk tales, Of...
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