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The Windham County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is attempting to change the way that local law...
HomeShare Vermont, a nonprofit that connects people with extra space in their homes to those...
ROCKINGHAM-Rural gardeners and farmers have long known that the common earthworm (also known as the...
EAST DUMMERSTON-A three-alarm fire on Aug. 16 has destroyed a Windham County agricultural landmark. A...
BRATTLEBORO-"It's not about ordinance or no ordinance," said Mel Motel, co-director of Restorative Justice Programs at Interaction: Youth Services and Restorative Justice. "It's about a third way. What can we build instead?" Motel was one of five panelists who proposed alternatives to the town's recently adopted Acceptable Community Conduct ordinance at a Nov. 18 public information meeting at Brooks Memorial Library. Opponents of the ordinance have obtained signatures from the 5% of registered voters necessary to trigger a Special Representative...
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark College. A former member of the board of directors of Vermont Independent Media, he was a longtime volunteer investigative reporter and columnist for this newspaper. This piece is adapted from his Substack site, Escape Velocity, where he posts essays about society, culture and politics. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL-Trump and Musk's illegal orders and activities are more than just a coup - they are a literal...
For the month of December, the Crowell Art Gallery, 23 West St., presents "There and Back Again, " an exhibit by Carol Schweigert. A reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 1 to 3 p.m. Schweigert returned to oil painting during a brief visit to Vermont in the summer of 2007. Ready to take a break from her illustration and design work, she signed up for a Plein Air workshop in Bennington. "Plein Air, with...
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