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...
What will education look like in 20 years? No one knows for sure, members of the Twin Valley Academic Committee told an audience of about 20 teachers, parents, and community members on Sept. 25. Undaunted, the committee wanted to prepare for the future by collecting examples of core values the audience held for students of the Twin Valley schools in Wilmington and Whitingham. Wilmington and Whitingham residents voted last summer to consolidate their school systems into the one, Twin Valley.
Marlboro Music's commitment to a 99-year lease and construction of two buildings for its two-month summer season prevents redevelopment of the soon-to-be-closed Marlboro College campus. Marlboro Music's financial interest there is likely to be bought out or compensated to move to an equivalent college campus. How about a retirement and assisted-living community for elder professional artists and performers? Attracted by the Rudolf and Irene Serkin Center for the Performing Arts, the new Snyder Center for the Visual Arts, Persons Auditorium,
Guitarist Draa Hobbs is hanging out his shingle and accepting new guitar students at his new studio space. A professional performer and educator for more than 25 years, Hobbs has taught guitar at Amherst College, Marlboro College, Plymouth State University, Northfield Mount Hermon School, the Vermont Jazz Center, and the Putney School. While widely regarded as a jazz aficionado, Hobbs teaches all styles of guitar from folk to rock, and welcomes all levels of students, from beginner to advanced. Individual...
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