-Vermont's landmark education bill, recently signed into law, queues up some big changes to the...
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board recently approved new deer hunting rules including one that...
BELLOWS FALLS-Rockingham for Progress (RFP), the citizens group that owns and is working to restore...
ROCKINGHAM-After months of discussion starting this past January, the Rockingham Selectboard voted 4–1 at its...
What started last week as a request to discuss $151,734.73 in renovation overrun costs for Rockingham Free Public Library grew into an email thread that unearthed a new area of contention between trustees and the municipal manager. As a result, Municipal Manager Willis “Chip” Stearns III has suspended any municipal assistance to the RFPL, its staff, or the Board of Trustees until there's a meeting between the trustees and the Selectboard to discuss the project. In the emails, Jan Mitchell-Love,
Wednesday, Jan. 18 was a chilly, blustery, and sunny day. It was also my birthday. Along with 13 other women in the Shut it Down Affinity Group from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, dressed all in black and wearing white death masks, I participated in a silent walking meditation circle on the driveway of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. In addition to the silent walk, some unfurled a black-and-white banner that read, “Entergy = Fukushima.“ When the police arrived...
Composer Paul Dedell and puppeteer Finn Campman found inspiration for their new work, “Three in the Wilderness,” in an early form of dramaturgy, or medieval mystery play. Based on Gospel stories of the three temptations of Christ, “Three in the Wilderness” combines words, song, and dance to tell its tale. The show features original puppets designed and built by Campman, who will “bring them to life” with fellow puppeteers Helen Schmidt and Kirk Murphy. Other performers include singers Tony Barrand...
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