Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
After several months of review, state regulators have approved the sale of 13 hydroelectric stations on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers. The Vermont Public Service Board on April 6 OK'd the purchase of TransCanada's hydro dams by Great River Hydro, a subsidiary of Boston-based ArcLight Capital Partners. In finding that the transaction will promote the public good, the board adopted the findings of a hearing officer who said Great River is “financially sound,” “experienced in the industry” and “capable of...
As a minister and a leader of the civil rights movement, Rev. James Bevel initiated, strategized, directed, and developed two of the major successes of the era: the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade and the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Campaign. In 1963, Birmingham's Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth had invited Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), to Birmingham, one of the South's most heavily segregated cities. SCLC's leaders accepted a challenge. “I assure...
Stone Church Center in Bellows Falls is expanding its music and retreat offerings to include a monthly film series. Stone Church Films, a program of Stone Church Arts, will present films in high definition on a broad range of subjects, including art, classics, dance, music, the planet, society, spirituality, and theater. Films will be screened in the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, the stone church on the hill, 20 Church St. Stone Church Film is also a film society with...
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