If there's a Bernie Sanders rally in Washington, D.C., David Reed promises he'll be there – even if he has to hitchhike from his Putney home. At an Aug. 27 meeting in Brattleboro, Reed demonstrated his dedication by bringing along a box of green T-shirts he had emblazoned with social media hashtags supporting the Vermont senator's presidential campaign: “#EnoughisEnough, Washington, D.C., #BernieOrBust.” “This election is too damn important to not be talking about it every day,” Reed declared. Reed may...
Recently, a woman stopped me in front of the grocery store and asked me for change. “Please,” she said, “I'm homeless. I swear I am; look at my hands, look how cracked and dirty they are. I'm seven months pregnant.” She was talking a mile a minute and shaking. I gave her money and the bag of chips I was about to tear into myself. I was glad to give her money. But there were four homeless men on my...
Main Street Arts is offering courses in art, music, acting, Spanish, writing, and plant life, with most classes beginning the first week of April. Life Stories: Memories of Love, Action and Thought, led by Elayne Clift, will meet Saturdays, April 2, 9, and 16, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Greenough Nowakoski's 10-week Spanish in the Morning class begins Tuesday, April 5, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. David Stern's Adult Acting class will meet for 10 weeks on Mondays starting...
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