BRATTLEBORO — I have come to view Donald Trump simply as “The Abscess.”
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
BRATTLEBORO-Facing increasing harassment for their relationship and fearing for their lives and their family's safety, a Colombian family fled their homeland. It took months of travel on a journey where they faced considerable dangers, but this spring the four family members finally found refuge in southern Vermont, where they are rebuilding their lives as they seek permanent asylum. The couple, Oliva and Andrea, are in their mid-30s; their daughter, age 6, is just starting school. Andrea's mother, Claudia, is in...
While it's necessary to find tax revenue to cover expenses of the town of Putney, especially after last year's huge road repair bills, it's also important to consider the fairness of any new tax and its impact. This is not the time for a tax on solar production. No one is making money on solar panels beyond a very modest annual return in the form of reduced power bills. According to current regulations by the Vermont Public Utility Commission, no...
Building on the success of a three-day festival in July of 2021 that celebrated Black girlhood and womanhood through poetry readings, film screenings, and curated culinary offerings, Epsilon Spires in downtown Brattleboro will once again team up with co-curator Shanta Lee Gander to present a series of events that brings together artists of color from around New England to exchange ideas across a variety of creative disciplines. Spearheading the Multidisciplinary Salon Series with Gander is Jamie Mohr, Director of Epsilon...
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