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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...
Nearly a year after dropping the town’s longtime emergency medical provider with little public notice or debate, local leaders plan to ask taxpayers to fund a “to be determined” budget line item for ambulance service. Town Meeting voters approved $285,600 last March they assumed was for Rescue Inc., which had covered the community for nearly 60 years. Instead, the Selectboard pulled the contract with scant explanation a month later in favor of having the fire department assume EMS duties. Local...
Imagine you are walking near a river and you see a river otter playing in the water, twisting and turning. It is a few feet long, maybe two-three feet. Sleek and dark, tumbling over others of its kind. It looks like it's dancing! Believe it or not, these otters are in danger of getting trapped. Hi, my name is Luca and I am a fifth grader at Academy school. We are currently studying Vermont river otters. We have been studying...
BRATTLEBORO-When Daniel Guerra taught at the middle and high schools in Brattleboro, some of the most creative, and possibly restless, students would sketch him as he stood before the class. "There were some that were pretty striking," he said. "Like, 'Whoa. You're really good.'" And of course, the school hallways were adorned with students' paintings, photography, sculpture, and other creations. "I'm probably a little biased," he said, "but I would just often come across really incredible works of art." Now,
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