BRATTLEBORO — This is a great story and tribute to Marty Rancourt. I can say I've known him since he was born.
Good luck to him as he opens a new door.
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...
All three open seats on the Selectboard will see races, and both current board members are facing challenges in the March 5 election. Running for the three-year seat being vacated by Selectboard Chair Ian Goodnow are Peter "Fish" Case, who is completing his first one-year term on the board, and challenger Oscar Heller, who ran for a seat unsuccessfully in 2020. Incumbent Vice Chair Franz Reichsman is vying with Richard Davis and Jaki Reis for two one-year seats on the...
Shortly after, we co-founded the Institute for Nuclear Host Communities, launched shortly after the Vermont Yankee closure announcement late last summer. We had seen from a preliminary survey that very little had been studied about these events and, from our observation, that most closings of nuclear plants left their host communities and regions worse off than they had been before the plant was built. That insight, plus the realization that there was no shared knowledge about closure negotiations, meant that...
The Drawing Studio, a nonprofit community art center at 28 Williams St., will hold a celebratory Re-Opening Day on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. From a one-person effort, it has grown into a community cooperative, supported by 19 working and financially contributing members. There will be food, drink, art materials, activities for children, and conversation. Visitors can learn about drawing sessions for adults and children, community open studio times, art and music workshops, membership opportunities, and much...
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