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...
The project team behind the $14.2 million Police-Fire Facilities upgrade project reports a potential savings of $220,000. The team is exploring demolishing the West Brattleboro Fire Station, described as problematic, and rebuilding it nearby. “These are preliminary numbers,” cautioned Fire Chief Michael Bucossi. Project manager Steve Horton echoed the chief's caution. If the project team's preliminary suggestions come to fruition, the team would tear down and rebuild the West Brattleboro Station. Original designs from Montpelier-based Black River Design called for...
I'll say first that it's frustrating to be reduced to “our young friends,” which insinuates that we are naïve and inexperienced, and devalues the extensive time, effort, and research we put into our Viewpoint [“Peace of mind?,” April 30]. (My co-author Joëlle Montagnino and I are 26 and 28, respectively.) So what does dismissing the examples we give by saying “Bad science? I don't think so,” really mean? This statement fails to address the scientific concerns we presented in a...
Three gardens in the Saxtons River/Rockingham area are open for the Main Street Arts Garden Tour on the weekend of June 10 and 11. The Garden Tour is part of a larger program on the art of gardening that MSA is launching this year. Participants may enjoy different arts as they tour the gardens: live music, a plein air painting demonstration, and sculpture. Instruction will be given on how to make a garden arch from saplings, and visitors can peruse...
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