-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...
The Slow Living Summit, the three-day conference that each year kicks off the whirlwind of activities known as the Strolling of the Heifers, had people traipsing throughout the downtown, sharing heady ideas about the way we live. During the fifth year of the conference, attendees and speakers gathered in the Latchis Theatre, Marlboro College Graduate School, and the River Garden, discussing the “slow” movement, which some see as an antidote to our world of fast food, fast money, and fast...
I am writing in response to Whit Blauvelt's letter “ZBA stretched state criteria [Voices, Jan. 4]. I don't want to get into the usual he said/she said back-and-forth that Whit so enjoys. However, I was at the meeting he was referring to and he was not. I am not disgusted with people poorer than I. I am disgusted with people who do not give these people proper care and attention, but merely a seasonal stop-gap handout, instead of a hand...
For 17 years, Poetry Out Loud (POL) has brought poems to life for teenagers, enriching their experience of verse far beyond that of popular music. On the POL website, the acclaimed program calls itself a “national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition for high school students across the country ... [helping] students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.”
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