PUTNEY — So, we'll finally get VPR in Putney [“VPR station for Brattleboro will soon broadcast,” June 13]? Hallelujah!
I've always been able to get VPR in my cars, but not in the house. I hope it works.
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
Having convened a homeless housing summit last June in Montpelier, Gov. Peter Shumlin signaled his concern that all Vermonters be safely sheltered and housed throughout the year, while recognizing that barriers exist to keeping chronically homeless people housed. Last Wednesday, Shumlin issued an executive order that reconstitutes the Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness. On signing the order, Shumlin referred to three deaths of homeless people this winter from exposure. “It's a tragedy that any state would allow people to freeze...
NEWFANE-I have long refrained from responding to diatribes in opinion columns, but I cannot contain myself this time. This piece both angered and saddened me. I am sad that we seem unable to have differing views without nasty, hostile, name calling that only serves to gin up more division. When you call people "non-sentient beings," "monsters," and say they are members of "a cult," you eliminate any chance for constructive dialogue. It breaks my heart that so many of our...
The Brattleboro School of Dance will present a dazzling rendition of The Nutcracker at Landmark College Theater on Dec. 20, 21, and 22. They will be joined by professional dancers associated with BSD as alums and colleagues. Local BSD students will share the stage with professional dancers from around the country, including Michaela Rae Mann, who has toured with the Miami City Ballet; Patrick McGrath, currently with the Trisha Brown Dance Company; world-class circus arts performer Megan Gendell; Madeleine Bonn,
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