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No, I was not born in Pownal. I was not brought up here. I was born and raised on Long Island, where in the 1950s we used to regularly see pod…
“You may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here’”?
As part of the town’s effort to improve recreational programming for people of all ages, we have begun to take a look at our Senior Center, it…
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more than 18,000 people and triggering one of the worst industrial accidents in history: the crippling breakdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of the plant’s six…
September is Healthy Aging Month, and Grace Cottage Family Health’s primary care clinic and Grace Cottage Hospital have each individually been recognized as “Age-Friendly” health care facilities by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement.
Have you ever picked crisp apples fresh from an orchard, been surrounded by bright red and orange mountains, or hiked through a towering corn maze?
For over 20 years, the majority of school districts in Vermont have been denied their fair share of education funds, and their constitutional right to equitable educational opportunity. That's because the formula the state uses to distribute education funds does not accurately calculate the …
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One interesting outcome from the ongoing pandemic is that, at least according to the federal government, the share of people living in poverty…
The influenza pandemic of 1918-’19 is the worst infectious-disease outbreak in American history.
In our interview last week with former governor Peter Shumlin, he listed a handful of lessons that were learned as a result of Tropical Storm …
For Print Use Only.Demarcus Dunn was supposed to get married in July of 2020, but the wedding was rescheduled to Aug. 14 this year because of …
A first look at a new decennial census is always enlightening to study, to try to analyze the gains and the losses. This year’s census for Ver…
The demagogic road show recently undertaken by John Klar and K. Carl Smith should not be forgotten, because it offers some grand historical le…
Governor, we feel the time has come.
A report by eight researchers released this week confirms what we here in Vermont already knew: The border closure with Canada has proven costly.
John Klar, who finished a distant second to Gov. Phil Scott in the 2020 Republican primary, is bringing his traveling roadshow to Bennington C…
In much of America, vaccine hesitancy has turned into vaccine defiance. Several states have banned or are considering banning demands by busin…
Letters to the Editor
Local news is still important
To the editor:
To the editor: Way back in college, I was tasked with writing a term paper about a weather event for a Meteorology class. I searched microfich…
To the editor: A Just Transition Climate Advocates Bennington (CAB), a local climate group, is working with 350 Vermont, a state climate and e…
Remembering Vermonters lost to COVID
Letter to the editor >George Floyd-type incident on Labor Day
George Floyd-type incident on Labor Day
Vermont Yankee is not ‘emissions-free’
Taliban or Texas?
