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Fayston, Vermont has a new Planning Commission member

Hazel Brewster’s resume would be impressive for anyone, let alone someone yet to turn 25.

Hazel Brewster of Stowe has been appointed to the Vermont Commission on Women, the state’s non-partisan commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls.

weekly political column. Tim Newcomb Here's something you don't see very often. In fact, it may be unprecedented in Vermont. One of the six statewide officeholders — governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and auditor — has hired a paid political staffer outside of her official, state-funded office in the first months of a new term.  "I never had paid political staff in the odd-numbered years that I recall," said former Democratic governor Peter Sh...

weekly political column. Tim Newcomb If five of the legislature's top six jobs are held by women and the sixth by a man of color, can we say equality is at hand, at least under the (currently virtual) Golden Dome? Is it fair to start noticing common human foibles, such as ambition and rivalry, in the new leadership class? Rep. Becca Balint (D-Windham) is president pro tempore of the Senate. The majority leaders are Emily Long (D-Newfane) in the House and Alison Clarkson (D-Windsor) in the Senate...