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...
Listen to the sweet sounds of renovation banging and bouncing from the Guilford Country Store. The Friends of Algiers Village, a nonprofit civic group, has entered the early phases of renovation after a year of fundraising culminated in purchasing the historic building in August. According to Anne Rider, a member of the store renovation subcommittee who serves on the Selectboard, Friends of Algiers Village is in phase one of construction. The old shelving and antiquated equipment have been removed. FOAV...
Brenda Siegel gets my vote for governor in the Aug. 14 Democratic primary. Her values of hard work and hope within challenging times and circumstances combine well with her studied understanding of Vermont's legislative process. Her frequent presence at the Statehouse over this last biennium speaks to learning from witnessing the process up close and firsthand, as well as advocating for the issues she is called to defend. From her detailed ideas to address the ongoing opioid epidemic to understanding...
On Sunday, Dec. 21, Simba continues its 25th year of playing together by celebrating the winter solstice. The annual music and dance party takes place at 7 p.m. at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center. Join the band and your friends and neighbors in dance to light up the year's longest night. The band started by playing a 1989 benefit on the Brattleboro Common to shut down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant; they called themselves the No Nukes Band.
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