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...
Dover has long served as a popular winter getaway for skiers. Now, according to Economic Development Director Steve Neratko, the town wants to become a four-season destination. Among the efforts supporting this goal is increasing the outdoor recreation opportunities in town “to make it a more active community,” Neratko said. The town has just embarked on a Recreation Trails Planning Study. According to Neratko, the plan includes investigating the feasibility of purchasing 50 acres in and around downtown Dover to...
I do not want tax dollars going to private institutions to serve a select group of citizens/students. Many private schools are quality learning environments with caring individuals leading classrooms and institutions. However, they are in essence, if not by design, gated communities - not all students are welcome or accepted, and some who are accepted are kicked out for grades or behavior, even in open-enrollment schools. Tax dollars should not fund conditional acceptance to an educational community based on ability...
Director Becky Graber welcomes the song direction of Canadian Coco Love Alcorn for the Brattleboro Women's Chorus February Anniversary virtual sing. The concert is part of the chorus's celebration of its 25 years of singing with online musical events on the 25th day of the month through the end of its current season in May. All singers (not just women!) are welcome to join most of these events, hosted on Zoom. Their next such online singing event takes place on...
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