BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
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,
Good day to you, denizens of the verdant Green Mountains of southern Vermont! If you're reading this column on Wednesday (its day of publication) and you enjoy summer weather, seize the present moment and get outside! Unseasonable warmth and humidity are most likely leaving these shores until the spring of 2019, barring any anomalous mid-cold season warm surges, of which we've had a few over the past several years. Autumn is arriving and will be preceded by a good bout...
In 1958, when I moved from Boston to Bellows Falls, Vermont was something of an economic and political backwater. The economy was stagnant, and political loyalties were virtually unchanged since the Civil War. More people moved out than moved in. Not until 1963 did the human population exceed the bovine. But construction on the Interstate highway began in 1957, and many visitors followed the freeway north to the ski resorts, lakes and woodlands of “Vermont: The Beckoning Country,” so styled...
GRAFTON-Back by popular demand, Texas singer-songwriter Al Staehely will appear for one night only at the Grafton Community Church, 55 Main St., on Saturday, June 29, beginning at 7 p.m. In his only Vermont appearance, Staehely will perform original songs from his latest album, (1)Somewhere In West Texas and other compositions. He appeared in Grafton at the Community Church last fall in a benefit concert for the church. Staehely's musical career began in his native Austin, Texas, in the late...
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