RE: “Remembering Kate” [Memoir, April 25].
A courageous and touching personal story, beautifully told. Thank you, Mary Ellen Copeland!
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
GUILFORD-A term often used regarding a military action is "collateral damage." This term masks the...
Santa Claus made his annual arrival at the Gibson-Aiken Center on Saturday. He rode in the back of a hay wagon, pulled by a tractor from the Robb Family Farm, and was accompanied by Frosty, the mascot of the Brattleboro Winter Carnival, and elves Alfred Hughes Jr. and Casey Manning. As members of the Brattleboro Union High School band played, the queue quickly formed for pictures with Santa and his elves and to decorate holiday cookies. The event was sponsored...
I had always been an incidental driver, limiting my excursions to local errands and avoiding more miles than necessary. But recently I had taken on driving a 130-mile round trip twice every week - a major change of lifestyle for me. Although my route was along what must be one of the country's prettiest interstate highways, the time spent in my car cut into my domestic routines. Eager to get to my destination and back home again, I began speeding...
The Brattleboro Music Center opens its 2015-16 Chamber Series with Sophie Shao and Friends on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at Centre Congregational Church on Main Street. Carmit Zori, violin; Jeff Neubauer, viola; Sophie Shao, cello; and Gilles Vonsattel, piano will perform Beethoven Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 16, Beethoven String Trio in G Major, op. 9 no. 1 and Dvorak Piano Trio in F Minor, op. 65 (for violin, cello, and piano). Shao has created a particular...
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