BRATTLEBORO — Why do the vast majority of pro-Vermont Yankee pieces printed herewith emanate from New Hampshire?
VERNON-Liberal, progressive, conservative, orthodox, right wing, left wing - descriptive words that we use to...
SAXTONS RIVER-On Tuesday, Nov. 5, I will be voting for Leslie Goldman and Michelle Bos-Lun...
BRATTLEBORO-Dear Brattleboro Voter, You will be receiving an absentee ballot in the mail for the...
BRATTLEBORO-We were thrilled to discover Mollie Burke would be our representative to the State Legislature...
Vermont likes to think of itself as a leader in health care, but Peter Sterling will quickly tell you that doesn't necessarily mean that everything is fine. There are 44,000 uninsured Vermonters, he says, and 70 percent cite cost as the reason why. If you are enrolled in Vermont Health Connect, Sterling says people have to pay up to 30 percent of their gross income for health care should an individual or family reach their out-of-pocket limit. This means an...
Thank you, Commons and Richard Evers, for publishing this honest piece on the war on Gaza. Too often throughout this sickening attack on Gazans, the majority of whom are children, the reporting has been strongly biased from the Israeli military point of view without questioning the veracity. The same does not hold true when Palestinians are interviewed; their comments are often qualified as in need of verification. During World War II, close to 500,000 Jews were crowded into the Warsaw...
This week, percussionist Jason Treuting has returned to Putney to create a new work, Go Placidly with Haste. Yellow Barn welcomed its alumnus and So Percussion founder Treuting and his wife Beth Meyers (viola and voice) for a second residency to develop this original composition. Together with a mixed ensemble of New York-based musicians, Treuting and Meyers will bring Go Placidly with Haste to Next Stage on Dec. 20, ahead of its New York City premiere. “Last January, Beth Meyers...
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