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Voices

One interruption?

By
Tom Stier
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 — Issue 213

Excellent article. Murder is never an acceptable solution for workplace conflict. I get the sense that one interruption in the chain of events would have caused things to turn out differently.

Voices

Please slow down

By
Emily Hallock

Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...

Free the drugs - one idea to address our collective trauma

By
Nancy Crompton

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...

Republicans wary of Trump have the 'Jim Jeffords solution'

By
L. Michael Lovell

PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.

'Woeful ignorance or deliberate malice'

By
Marv Greenberg, DVM, CVA

MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,

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News

Time warp

By
Ron Kanter
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 — Issue 270

Ray “The British Clockmaker” Bates maintains a delicate balance in his professional life. He honors the past, focuses on the present, and keeps an eye on the future. This rare combination of talents has made this Newfane resident one of the most sought-after clock restorers in the country. Bates honors the past by understanding the intentions of clockmakers working before the Industrial Revolution. Before he begins the restoration process he wants to understand what the original clockmaker had in mind.

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Voices

When your loved ones are dying, it is hard to ignore reality

By
Robert Fritz
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 — Issue 574

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, President George W. Bush mishandled it. He praised Michael D. Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.” In light of the disaster, Bush undermined his own credibility. I have a theory about how he ended up in a situation where the head of FEMA was a novice, incapable of addressing the situation. During the Clinton administration, James Lee Witt was appointed head of FEMA.

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Arts

ATP presents staged reading of Albee’s ‘A Delicate Balance’

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 — Issue 423

Actors Theatre Playhouse will pay tribute to American playwright Edward Albee with a Saturday night staged reading of one of his most highly acclaimed dramas, A Delicate Balance. It premiered in 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the first of three that Albee, who died last year, received for his work. Performances at the Playhouse are on Saturdays, Sept. 9 and 16, at 7:30 pm. According to a news release, “Edward Albee's play may be more than 50...

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