BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Our nuclear spring” [Editorial, March 14].
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Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
Jon Hoover is assistant executive director of Groundworks Collaborative. BRATTLEBORO-This community needs to come together...
-For political races both nationally and throughout the state, many of the outcomes of Tuesday's election were far from surprising, with almost 69% of exactly 26,000 voters in the left-leaning region backing the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz Democratic Party ticket. Harris and Walz won Vermont's Electoral College votes in a race that nationally, at press time early Wednesday morning, appeared destined to go to their Republican Party opponents, Donald Trump and JD Vance. Incumbents Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, and Democrat...
I have long been an admirer of the Groundworks Collaborative - but never more than during this debilitating COVID-19 pandemic. Groundworks was established in 2015 following the merger of two well-established organizations: the Brattleboro Area Drop-in Center and Morningside Shelter (the two having previously been in existence for 27 and 36 years, respectively). It now provides ongoing support to families and individuals facing the full continuum of housing and food insecurities in the greater Brattleboro area. The Reformer and The...
Independent filmmakers wear many hats, from screenwriter to director to chief coffeemaker. The executive director of the eighth annual Independent Television Festival (ITVFest) also wields a paint brush. Philip Gilpin Jr. spent part of a recent muggy Sunday painting the movie theater in Dover, preparing the building to welcome the movers and shakers of independent television. “I've been notifying the artists about which projects have been accepted,” said Gilpin of the juried submissions. “There is some amazing work coming in...
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