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...
Members of the all-volunteer Planning Commission, working with the Town Planners, are getting ready to roll out the 2018 Town Plan. The commissioners will hold a public hearing on March 19, and they encourage townspeople to attend and offer their feedback on the draft document. A Town Plan serves “as the policy document to guide municipal decisions related to land use and development regulations, environmental protection, the provision of municipal facilities and services, strategies for economic development, and the quality...
By now, the destruction of Irene in Windham County has been well catalogued. And while the powers that be have been quibbling about whether the damage was caused by a hurricane, a tropical storm, or a flood, we've been so busy cleaning up and caring for one another we haven't allowed such quibbling to bother us - or even to remember how passionately and sometimes impolitely we used to argue about things like whether to maintain The Williamsville Hall. The...
A group of 16 juniors and seniors at the Compass School have spent the past six weeks studying films, writing screenplays, and producing their own short films. Last week, they put the final touches on those films and created blooper reels in preparation for the 13th annual Compass Student Film Festival on Thursday, April 13, at 7 p.m. - a culminating event for their filmmaking class. Professional filmmakers serve as judges for the films, which brings a touch of competition...
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