BROOKLINE-In Vermont, it seems that every generation is concerned about the future of the working land. And with good reason. The original settlers grew their own food, yet profited from the making ...

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More than two years after the Windham Southeast School District hired an attorney to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in the district, the investigation has apparently come to an abrupt ending, ...

Construction work on a new train station, which will include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, is now set to start in March, says Amtrak Lead Public Relations Specialist Jen Flanagan ...

At almost 75 years of age, Lester Dunklee is one of those original kinds of Vermonters who are issued so many words at birth. He tries not to let go of too many of them at one time. And yet, once he ...

BRATTLEBORO-Why Amanda Ellis-Thurber? "My candidacy for District 7 did not start with me," Amanda Ellis-Thurber said as she introduced herself at the Democratic candidate forum. "It came from my ...

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Carolyn North is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and spirit." She submits this piece in memory of Pamela Mayer, the founder of the Manitou Project in Williamsville.

BELLOWS FALLS-In May, a community group will begin unveiling its work on a $37,000 study of the Native rock carvings next to the Vilas Bridge on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River. The Kchi ...

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BRATTLEBORO - There's a new tool to help people escape abuse. Available at bit.ly/746-help, it's an online guided interview that helps Vermonters prepare forms to ask for protection from abuse..