WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
DUMMERSTON-The future of children's offerings at Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be a whole lot brighter thanks to a $54,700 grant from the Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) to build a new program for children's early literacy and library services. The amount of the VECF's Building Bright Futures Opportunity grant is the largest the library has seen in its 110-year history and will afford the library the chance to "significantly" expand services for young readers and use more space in...
Legalizing recreational marijuana will have an outsize impact on Vermont if 3.2 million nonresident users living conveniently within 200 miles in states where it remains illegal are added to 80,000 resident users - five marijuana users per Vermonter - the RAND Corporation Drug Policy Research Center report commissioned by our legislators warns us. State by state, legalizing recreational marijuana is creating a national marijuana industry like the tobacco industry where, at least initially, there may be a niche market for...
SEEDs (self-esteem, empowerment, and education through dance) is coming to Brattleboro. This program blends mentorship and tribal style belly dance with the goal of empowering young women. SEEDs is an internationally recognized and award winning belly dance and mentorship program originally created 15 years ago in Santa Fe, N.M., by professional belly dancer and life coach Myra Krein. With dozens of SEEDs satellite programs now running across the United States and beyond, the Brattleboro SEEDs program will work to present...
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