GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
Citing “extensive and pervasive” damage to crops, Gov. Phil Scott is requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture issue a disaster declaration because temperatures plunged into the low 20s across Vermont for hours in mid-May, freezing vulnerable young buds on thousands of fruits. In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on June 19, Scott described the “debilitating damage” to crops of apples, grapes, blueberries, peaches and other stone fruit across the state. He asked that a...
I was prescribed, and took, a 0.5 mg pill of clonazepam nightly to suppress night terrors for four years, starting in 2011. It's a low dose, but I became habituated - as one does. I stopped cold turkey eight years ago this month and then used somatic therapy to heal my life-destroying sleep disorder. This choice rescued my life. Knowing that my medical conditions are isolating yet widespread in Vermont and the U.S., I wanted to pass on a few...
Fred Gillen Jr. will play the Stage 33 Live listening room on Sunday, May 8, at 7 p.m. Carl Beverly opens. Gillen has released 11 acclaimed albums, shared stages with Merle Haggard, Todd Rundgren, and David Bromberg, and performed everywhere from Patan Durbar Square World Heritage Site in Kathmandu and the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City to places like farmers markets and coffeehouses where everyday people gather. His songs have been featured on ABC, NPR, and CMJ's...
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