BELLOWS FALLS — As a small-business owner, I have found myself in Dunklee's numerous times and have always left a satisfied customer, for much less than I was expecting.
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
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Chris Pratt knows how hard it can be for students with learning disabilities. “I'm someone who grew up with a learning disability - a learning difference,” said Pratt, Windham Southwest Supervisory Union superintendent. “So it's important to me not just personally but professionally that we try to find opportunities for these kids who have not seen a lot of successes in their lives - to get that spark in the college environment.” Students in Windham Southwest and two other supervisory...
It's ironic that Stephanie Givens, after hanging a ”Grinch” skeleton in a prison uniform in her yard, was subjected to the same outraged mob mentality that led to lynchings in the first place. It seems that even nice, liberal Vermonters are trolling for affronts and projecting evil where none was intended. Depending on your perspective, Ms. Givens' display could be seen as funny, tasteless, or disturbing. But it takes sheer paranoid projection to identify the race of a plastic skeleton.
Award-winning author Karen Hesse published a new book this summer, adding to her ever-expanding collection of literature for children and young adults. Of all Hesse's books, “My Thumb” is intended for the youngest audience, ages two to four. Hesse has written other picture books, but she said those are for older children. “My Thumb” is a first-person account of a determined little red-haired girl who insists upon sucking her thumb, regardless of what challenges it may bring, such as eating...
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