Truly unhinged: In the name of “the idea of coming together,” Randolph T. Holhut doubles down on division.
Everything despicable about the neoliberal “New Dems” emerges in this rant.
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 percentage of Vermont homes bought by investors more than doubled in 2021, according to data from a company that analyzes property information. “We saw mortgage rates hit historical lows,” said Selma Hepp, deputy chief economist at California-based CoreLogic. “As a result of that, we saw much more activity from investors.” Hepp said investors were also attracted by the fact that rents soared by 12 percent nationwide in 2021. She pointed out that while Vermont had the most dramatic increase...
I had heard a Pope celebrate Easter at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in New York City; I'd cheered a rousing Easter in a rural Virginia church; I'd celebrated sunrise Easters and many a new-straw-bonneted one. But I'd never been to a cyber Easter Sunday service. Until now. Until this time, this spring of 2020, unprecedented in myriad ways. Expecting the unexpected, the new normal is already old and so, on April 12, I connected to my local Episcopal...
Six new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Saturday, Oct. 24, including an important survey of mid-20th century figurative painting, solo shows featuring Andy Yoder and Rachel Portesi, an exhibit about ice shanties organized by the Vermont Folklife Center and paired with Erik Hoffner's striking photographs of ice fishing holes, and an installation by Cynthia Parker-Houghton created as part of the Brattleboro Words Project. An opening reception for the artists and a small number of...
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