BRATTLEBORO — RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].
Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?
BELLOWS FALLS-Fellow citizens, I write to you with a request founded in feelings of love,
BRATTLEBORO-I've been a supporter of Emilie Kornheiser since she first ran for Legislature. Now, however,
Shelby Brimmer is the owner, with Paul Martocci, of Martocci's Restaurant on Elliot Street in...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-Two years later, Democrats are still furious over Roe v. Wade being overturned. But...
Following the resounding defeat by four member towns in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union of a new unified school district, a new effort is underway to create another proposal by Dec. 26. This time around, the goal is to improve the current structure of the WSESU to conform to the goals of Act 46, the state's education reform law, which requires districts to reconcile educational cost, quality, and transparency. The effort emerged from the work of an Alternative Governance Structure...
What does the Secretary of Education mean when she says our overwhelming votes against school merger don't matter? The last time I looked, we were still a democracy, both in our country and especially in Vermont, where freedom and democracy have always mattered. But now, the secretary of education and the Agency of Education's lawyers are telling us, and telling many other school districts across the state, that their community votes don't matter. If this is the case, why would...
Next Stage Arts Project continues its literary series, Next Stage Speaks, on Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., with Verandah Porche, hosted by poet Chard DeNiord. There is a suggested donation at the door of $10. Porche, a poet, performer, and writing partner from Guilford, is the author of two books of poetry, “The Body's Symmetry” (Harper and Row, 1975) and “Sudden Eden” (Verdant Books, 2013). She has also edited several volumes of poetry and personal histories, including “Ordinary Mystery,”
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