VERNON-Liberal, progressive, conservative, orthodox, right wing, left wing - descriptive words that we use to...
SAXTONS RIVER-On Tuesday, Nov. 5, I will be voting for Leslie Goldman and Michelle Bos-Lun...
BRATTLEBORO-Dear Brattleboro Voter, You will be receiving an absentee ballot in the mail for the...
BRATTLEBORO-We were thrilled to discover Mollie Burke would be our representative to the State Legislature...
A new Downtown Plan proposes more public spaces and to upgrade many existing sites, with a goal of making downtown a calm lagoon where people and businesses rest, mingle, and engage, rather than slide through carried on a crisscrossing road network to somewhere else. Establishing a public restroom. Developing Harmony Parking Lot into a people-centered space. Updating the Preston Lot to take advantage of the green space around the Whetstone Brook. These are just three of the priorities outlined in...
For at least 12 years, I have been working off and on with other citizens to bring broadband to Marlboro. Currently, there is significant coverage here, though not 99 percent. Just last July I received DSL capability. I question whether there is 99 percent coverage statewide as well. At the Vermont Telecommunications Authority's information session in Newfane on broadband and cell-phone availability in Vermont last week, I overheard one of the VTA staff members say privately that the number likely...
Author and Jungian analyst Polly Young-Eisendrath will look at the Buddhist perspective on engaging with daily life in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library on Main Street on Wednesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Her talk, “What the Buddhists Teach: Finding Clarity in Everyday Life,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Young-Eisendrath will discuss the Buddhist model for remaining fully engaged in the ups and downs of...
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