Love the article. I've known Lester Dunklee for years and always had a great respect for him - you couldn't find a nicer person!
A great machinist, too - very innovative!
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...
Deb Tillinghast, eldest child of Marcel Leclaire Sr., remembers a day in May of 1967 when she was 12 years old and her father came home from work wrapped up in a blanket. “He stunk,” she remembers of her father, who had served the Brattleboro Police Department for almost 25 years, including as chief of police from 1981 to 1984. He died April 25 at the age of 89. “And he was cold. We had no idea why.” The reason?
WESTMINSTER WEST-I have known Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun for over 20 years as a teacher and youth program leader and since 2021 as my state representative. Michelle gets up at 5 a.m. every day and gets to work on our behalf. She's motivated by her passion and capacity to positively impact Vermont and the communities she serves (Westminster, Rockingham, and Brookline). She is boldly addressing the core challenges of our time, from affordable housing to climate change. If you agree we...
During the months of March and April, Brooks Memorial Library hosts “Bloom,” an exhibit of watercolor flowers by the local group Art Among Friends. A reception will be held at the library on Friday, March 3, at 4 p.m. Art Among Friends is a group of six local artists: Connie Evans, Alice Freeman, Kathy Greve, Laurie Klenkel, Louise Zak, and Lynn Zimmerman. These friends gathered online during the pandemic to create, support, and encourage one another on their artistic journeys.
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