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Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
Village voters will consider a proposed $1.93 million budgett - and possibly the fate of the fire department - during the business portion of the Annual Village Meeting on Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m., at the Bellows Falls Opera House. Voters will decide by Australian ballot on Tuesday, May 19, which two of three candidates for Village Trustee will be seated on the board. While an initial plan to reduce the budget was defeated during the budget process, Village...
According to an article in a recent issue of The Nation, “In an 18-month period, TV and print outlets gave 40 times more coverage to the Kardashians than to the acidification of oceans caused by rising temperatures” - and this was in 2012, before most of the really exciting Kardashian news was happening! In the same article it was revealed that many networks avoid news about climate change because the news is “a ratings killer.” And yet, climate change continues.
Once again, in Vermont's leaf-color season, past members of the New England Bach Festival Orchestra will join the Blanche Moyse Chorale under the direction of Mary Westbrook-Geha to honor the memory of their mentor, Blanche Moyse, with a presentation of music of her beloved J. S. Bach. This year's concert program will be his renowned choral masterpiece, the St. John Passion, featuring: Carol Wincenc, flute; Stephen Taylor and Mark Hill, oboes; Mitsuru Tsubota, concert mistress; Daire FitzGerald, cello; and John...
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