Opposition to Vermont Yankee is more like a religion than a war.
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
Organizers of Brattleboro's Independence Day celebration are seeking the public's help to close a fundraising gap a month before the 42nd annual event. The “By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth” citizens committee will mark July 4 with a morning parade downtown and afternoon and evening of sports, concerts, and fireworks at Living Memorial Park. Brattleboro's Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks not only will lead the march with its giant American flag, but also will cover all of this year's...
In 1960, my mother thought she had been blessed with an exceptionally content baby. I was barely out of the womb when she discovered that I had been stricken by polio. I was immobilized by paralysis, even stripped of my ability to cry. I certainly couldn't twist about and flail the way most newborns do. Inside my head, the pain must have been mythic in the punishing hands of this neurological disease. Hot pain rages over the scope of the...
The third annual TubaChristmas will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m., at the First Congregational Church on Western Avenue. TubaChristmas is a concert held in cities around the world, celebrating those who play, teach, and compose music for instruments in the tuba family, such as the tuba, Sousaphone, baritone, and euphonium horns. The concert was first held in 1974 in New York City, featuring more than 300 musicians. Tuba and euphonium players from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
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