BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
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...
Do you have a farm in the area you'd like to sell? If so, Jonah Mossberg wants to talk to you. Mossberg, the proprietor of Milkweed Farm, has been growing vegetables and flowers on leased land at the Vermont Agricultural Business Education Center for the past three years. At the end of this season, Mossberg has to remove his stuff - three greenhouses, a few sheds, one walk-in cooler, all of his tools, machines, and irrigation equipment - and leave...
We express our heartfelt thanks for the widespread community support of our fourth annual Youth Fishing Derby! To the many families who attended and fished their hearts out - thank you! We enjoyed seeing so many happy faces - the joy was palpable! Thank you to Sportsmen, Inc. and especially Joe Spano for continuing to allow us to use the space and for always making themselves available for fish deliveries and opening gates. We also thank our local business sponsors...
This month at the Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library, two artists will share gallery space: Sharon Myers, a sculptor who also works in paper, and Karma Kitaj, exhibiting the ancient art of encaustic painting. The exhibit, Luminous Uncharted Spaces, will be on display through July 31 and is free and open to all. An artists' reception will be held Saturday, July 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. Kitaj was introduced to the medium of encaustic (meaning to “burn...
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