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...
As the municipal election season begins, three Selectboard seats are open, and hopefuls are ready to toss their hats into the ring. Selectboard members Jesse Corum, Martha O'Connor, and Daryl Pillsbury have decided not to run for re-election this year, freeing two one-year seats and a three-year seat. “I got other things to do,” said Jesse Corum, of his decision to step down after serving three one-year terms. Corum said he had a lot on his plate. The practicing attorney...
Many people have predicted that the world will end in 2012. We are more than halfway through the year and, as far as I can tell, the Earth is still here. But there are some bad signs on the horizon. The ice sheets in Greenland are melting, Texas is baking in the heat, and gas is pushing four bucks a gallon. The more you think about it, the worse it seems. It's enough to drive you crazy. Fortunately, we all...
Acoustic musicians Alex Sturbaum, Cedar Stanistreet, and Arthur Davis present an afternoon of traditional and original songs and tunes from both sides of the Atlantic on Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m. The concert will be the first at the new Exit 1 Emporium at Vermont Marketplace (formerly The Outlet Center) on Canal Street. Admission is on a sliding scale of $10 to $20. Sturbaum is based in Olympia, Washington. As a singer, songwriter, dance musician, and multi-instrumentalist, he performs...
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