RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Republican Gov. Phil Scott won his second term in convincing fashion on Tuesday night. Scott, 60, first elected to the post in 2016, defeated Christine Hallquist, a 62-year-old Democrat from Hyde Park. Scott got 55 percent of the vote to Hallquist's 40 percent. Hallquist, the former CEO of the Vermont Electric Co-op, was seeking to become the first transgender gubernatorial candidate to be elected governor in the United States. But she was going up against a long history of Vermont...
When the state of Vermont holds a major public hearing about Vermont Yankee and almost no one attends, what does it mean? I was asking myself this question as I waited, virtually alone, to testify at a well-announced public hearing Jan. 14 in the Vermont Interactive Television studio in Williston. The subject of Vermont Yankee usually draws a big, passionate crowd, with both supporters and opponents eager to express their views. Yet on this night, most of the state's 13...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is partnering with Harmony Collective Artist Gallery to present "Welcome to the New Year!" This collaborative exhibit includes the work of 16 local artists who are members of the collective and "celebrates the coming of a new year, with all its possibilities and potential incarnations," according to organizers. The participating artists are Marie Formichelli, Stu Copans, Melody Squires, Kay Curtis, Julia Sorensen, Larisa Volkavichyute, Kathie Capcara, Cyndi Ferrante, Hone Williams, Jeanne Sutherland, Nancy Ghitman,
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