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...
BRATTLEBORO-JoAnne Rogers has been a member of the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Auxiliary since 1993. "I joined the organization and was the manager of the gift shop and the coffee shop at BMH," says Rogers, the organization's current president, who remembers "so many wonderful ladies" with whom she has worked over the years. The names of members past and present are a who's who of Brattleboro women. "If you've lived in this town for very long, you'll likely remember the BMH...
I'll say first that it's frustrating to be reduced to “our young friends,” which insinuates that we are naïve and inexperienced, and devalues the extensive time, effort, and research we put into our Viewpoint [“Peace of mind?,” April 30]. (My co-author Joëlle Montagnino and I are 26 and 28, respectively.) So what does dismissing the examples we give by saying “Bad science? I don't think so,” really mean? This statement fails to address the scientific concerns we presented in a...
Main Street Arts is kicking off its capital campaign to build a two-story addition and new outdoor space by knocking down the abandoned building next door. The demolition began last week, and it is expected to take two weeks to clear the site. MSA recently acquired 33 Main and is working with local architects and preservation groups to develop plans that fit with the community arts center's historical building and the village townscape as well as remediating the brownfields contamination...
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