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...
As Tim Weiner describes it, the FBI's role in secret intelligence operations is “the most important, but the least known” aspect of the federal agency. Why might that be? “The reason is, it's secret,” says Weiner, a 1973 graduate of The Putney School, who will return to Windham County to speak about the dual roles of the FBI and sign books this Saturday night at a benefit for the Next Stage Arts Project. Weiner has made a career of covering...
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office just over 50 years ago, he sounded an alarm about the unhealthy relationship between defense contractors and the U.S. Military, which he said threatened American democracy. “In the councils of government,” he warned, “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.” Today, the threat of a media-industrial complex might be even...
An exhibit featuring more than 30 authors with a connection to Dummerston will recognize the town as “a special place with residents of exceptional talent,” says organizer Gail Sorenson. The Dummerston Historical Society invites the community to its “Authors of Dummerston” exhibit, which will showcase the works of published authors (dead or alive) who have a connection to the town. The authors in the exhibit - see sidebar for a full list - either wrote their books while living in...
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