RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].
Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
In the gray, snowy twilight of an early March afternoon in Pliny Park, the words on signs held up by Diana Whitney stated clearly why more than 50 people were gathered for the #MeToo Solidarity March - “Speak Your Truth” and “We Believe You.” Those principles are at the heart of the movement signified by #MeToo, a Twitter hashtag created in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help victims of sexual assault to tell their stories. It took more than a...
It is being called the “renaissance of the past,” this renewed interest in agriculture and food systems within our state. It manifests itself in many forms to include growth in community supported agriculture (CSAs), farmers' markets, food hubs, and the further diversification of agricultural production with an array of products from the land and animals that are raised on the land. This rebirth further reinforces Vermont's past, its present, and its future. Vermont's agriculture, forests, and working landscape have always...
The art of Matthew Ivan Smith will be on display at the Wardsboro Public Library, 170 Main St., for the month of September during library hours. Smith is a “self-taught” artist and a grandson of the composer Ernest Bloch. He showed a remarkable gift in music early, but after spending his summers in Vermont, he became fascinated by the beauty around him. He began to draw in pencil on small pads - hills and trees at first, then adding a...
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