DUMMERSTON-The controversy over political banners hung inside library windows of the Dummerston School has prompted...
LONDONDERRY-Vermont has a housing crisis - the state needs up to 36,000 new homes by...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Community Bike Project, active in the village for 11 years, has...
BRATTLEBORO-As described by Adam Grinold, a decade ago, Windham County had the second-oldest population in...
When self-described “Blind Masseur” Neil Taylor recently published the memoir, The Life We Got: Losing Sight and Gaining Vision, the 38-year-old wondered if he had aged enough to warrant an autobiography. “Having lost nearly everything that I took for granted - that the majority of young people can and do and probably should take for granted,” he went on to reason in the preface, “well, maybe I've earned a sort of cosmic permission to share the story of my life...
Like most people, I don't know the details regarding the WSESD superintendent search beyond the fact the process has stalled. However, if Acting Superintendent Mark Speno applied for the job, I urge the board to jump at the chance to appoint him leader of our district. Because what I do know is that he is the finest school administrator I have ever witnessed. When you talk to Green Street School parents, students, or staff members, you will find people who...
On Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m., Arts Alive invites artists and creatives to connect to Brattleboro through its local arts spaces. This field trip will convene at 10 a.m. at the River Gallery School of Art on Main Street. With the community art school's gallery as the backdrop, participants will hear about a few local visual arts programs and businesses directly from the arts leaders who run them. Afterwards, visitors will tour the nearby Vermont Artisan Designs and Stone...
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