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GREENFIELD, MASS.-Dear Mr. President, With all due respect, it's the "Gulf of Mexico." As the saying goes: you're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. Recalling President Clinton's ...

WATERBURY-VT Helplink, Vermont's statewide resource for alcohol and drug use support services, connects with people in Vermont 24/7. For nearly five years, VT Helplink resource specialists have been ...

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BRATTLEBORO-The Serious Illness Program (SIP) was created by Brattleboro Area Hospice to offer support, solace, and assistance to people going through a life-altering serious illness that may or may ...

VERNON-I support Ian Hefele for Vernon town clerk in this year's election. I've known Ian for 15 years, and I can still be moved by the depths of his patience, understanding, compassion, and devotion ...

DUMMERSTON-In Brattleboro, we are fortunate to have the Ethiopian Community Development Center (ECDC), which supports refugee resettlement. Our community has been enhanced by the contributions of many ...

BRATTLEBORO-After days of uncertainty and mixed messages from federal agencies implementing the orders of President Donald J. Trump, area nonprofits want to assure the community that all services will ...

SAXTONS RIVER-Decades ago, I took on a months-long job as a full-time babysitter for a wealthy family with two jobs and two kids. A 2½-year-old boy would be my main charge, and his month-old brother ...

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 ...

-The Bellows Falls Terriers' girls' basketball team has had a great season so far, but they got tested on Jan. 30 when the Brattleboro Bears visited Holland Gymnasium. The Bears' dynamic backcourt of ...