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 Development Review Board (DRB) will hear an appeal regarding the fate of four apartments at Melrose Terrace on Dec. 5. The appeal, originally scheduled for Monday, was postponed at the request of the Brattleboro Housing Authority and the town. The BHA is contesting the town zoning administrator's determination that four of its Melrose Terrace buildings exceeded the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s 50-percent damage threshold. The determination has left 20 Melrose residents without housing. The determination also upheld the...
Earlier this year, when I needed Jeanette White, she was there for me - just as she has been in the past. She graciously agreed to meet with me, and she carefully listened to my concerns. This time, I hoped that she would support a proposal to - finally - license forestry professionals in Vermont. This bill was heading to the committee she chairs, the Senate Committee on Government Operations. She encouraged me to testify in the Senate. (I had...
Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., presents a matinee double-bill with Friction Farm and Eric Phelps on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. Modern folk duo Friction Farm are internationally traveling troubadours based in South Carolina. Aidan Quinn and Christine Stay combine storytelling, social commentary, and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes, "and quirky observations filled with harmony and hope," according to the artists' website. They have been Kerrville New Folk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists.
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