What a lovely piece! It's so hard to make such a huge sacrifice, even when we know it's the best and right thing to do.
Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
It's safe to say there's no love lost between the state of Vermont and Entergy, owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. But when the time came to weigh in on Entergy's attempts to build a second spent fuel storage facility at the Vernon property, it wasn't the state raising the most ruckus - it was the local planning commission. The Windham Regional Commission (WRC) last week aired detailed concerns about how the company chose the proposed site for long-term...
Three years ago, the Westminster School Board was going to vote to close the Westminster West School. I was at the center of the scandal and quit the school board a few weeks later. The school eventually had to close just as I had warned, but only after costing an extra quarter million dollars to keep it awkwardly open for two additional years. This all happened before Act 46 was even proposed, but the story highlights the need for Act...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) invites exploration of individuals' inner animals in a mask-making workshop with Vermont sculptor Art Costa on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. Inspired by many of the artworks currently on view at the museum, Costa and Kate Milliken, BMAC's manager of education programs, will provide instruction and supplies for participants to create animal masks. The workshop is suitable for all ages and takes place at 28 Vernon St., the office building...
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