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...
The partial federal government shutdown is putting thousands of Vermonters at risk of hunger, in particular those who receive 3SquaresVT - known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). With the end of the shutdown still uncertain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), one of the federal agencies affected by the shutdown, has authorized states to issue benefits early for the month of February. According to a news release, the Economic Services Division of the Vermont Department for Children...
I am writing this for all the frustrated laundry-doers who use the coin-op laundromat on Elliot Street. Many of you have also experienced the thievery of quarters, floodings, door lockings, stagnant water, and clothes destruction. One day, I lost $8 in quarters in various machines. Part of me feels bad airing this dirty laundry; it is true that I do not know the owners' situation, and it is a difficult economic time for small businesses. All the same, a majority...
Kyle Thomas says when reflecting on his new album, “I felt a deeper connection with nature and sense of community that had once been so close at hand, so I wanted to make an album to remind myself that life is magical.” The 40-year-old Thomas was back in his hometown of Brattleboro last weekend, playing a sold-out show at The Stone Church and promoting his new album, Smalltown Stardust, released in January, with a multi-city national tour. Several of his...
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