BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
Ten percent of Vermonters don't have enough food to eat every month. Yet, in the experience of members of the Hunger Council of the Windham Region, few community members understand the extent of hunger in the state. Jenna O'Donnell, Hunger Council manager with Hunger Free Vermont, the statewide nonprofit that organizes the local group and nine other similar councils throughout the state, said that Vermonters can “work their butts off and still struggle.” The local Hunger Council, which met at...
I strongly recommend that the good citizens of Brattleboro consider Daniel Quipp when they cast their ballots for Selectboard. Whether it' Washington, D.C., Montpelier, or our local Selectboards, we need representatives who have a good understanding of the growing climate crisis and who are not shy about speaking up about the need to take proactive steps to deal with it. Daniel has demonstrated his credentials on both counts. As a co-founder of the Brattleboro chapter of 350.org, the organization started...
On Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., the Stone Church on the Hill in Bellows Falls presents its annual St. Patrick's Fiddle Frenzy by welcoming the Red Fox Session Band for an evening of traditional and modern Irish songs and fiddle tunes. The Frenzy takes place this year, as it has for the past 12 years, at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St. “In true Vermont fashion,” according to a news release, “the band of four includes an innkeeper/golfer (bones...
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