WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
Westminster town government has passed to a new generation - literally. Matthew Daskal, 23, was hired last week as the new Town Manager, succeeding Sonia Alexander, who officially retires on Thursday. Daskal signed a contract with the town through June 30, 2013 and will receive an annual base salary of $55,000. He is one of the youngest town managers serving in Vermont. To ease the transition, Alexander has offered to stay on until July 18. “He's a very intelligent and...
I've been seeing a lot of traffic on my Facebook feed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, all of which consists of a series of constant, strident, endless calls to take one side or the other. I keep wanting to respond, to discuss, and to find some common ground, but I can't do it effectively inside the “if you're not with us, you're against us” paradigm. I've always rejected that paradigm, for one simple reason: If people are being killed, or having...
The northern New England radio landscape changed drastically when 30 radio stations in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine were sold at a May bankruptcy auction. But now that the sale has become final, Windham County radio listeners won't see - that is, hear - any changes. The 30 stations, once owned by Nassau Broadcasting, were sold in May to Bill Binnie of WBIN Media Co., Inc., and Jeff Shapiro of Great Eastern Radio, LLC for a total of $12.5 million.
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