PUTNEY - Learn about simple methods and everyday equipment used to make watercolor paints at the Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m. Participants will create ...

BRATTLEBORO-After serving two years of her three-year term on the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board, Dummerston representative Eva Nolan has resigned. "I have made the difficult ...

DUMMERSTON-The future of children's offerings at Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be a whole lot brighter thanks to a $54,700 grant from the Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) to build a new program for ...

LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served in the military and have never lived any portion of my life with an existential threat hanging over my head. I have never ...

BRATTLEBORO-Standing on the sidewalk next to 9 Canal St., a multi-family apartment building above the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) Executive Director Elizabeth ...

The writer notes: "Although I am a member of the WSESD and WSESU school boards, the opinions in this letter are entirely my own." BRATTLEBORO-The departure of Eva Nolan is a profound loss for the ...

WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It is prevalent out west but ...

DOVER-Even though she lost her courageous challenge to become speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives for the new biennium, Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, says she is glad she ran. "It really ...

BELLOWS FALLS-As a single mother of two special-needs children, I have witnessed firsthand how Vermont's current system often fails its most vulnerable populations. I share my story with the hope of ...

GUILFORD-Our family owes our existence to the United States, not only for taking my parents and grandparents in as refugees, but for the country's heroic involvement in the Second World War. My ...

BRATTLEBORO-The Commons' report in the Jan. 15 issue about a community forum organized by Hank Poitras, aka Planet Hank, touched some nerves, to say the least. Several points to clarify or correct: • ...