RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
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...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
When a prisoner has been released from serving a prison sentence, the issues that landed them there in the first place often recur, because those issues have never actually been addressed, Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark told Bellows Falls and area residents last week. No prison sentence will fix that constellation of issues which might doom a former inmate to offending again - recidivism - unless the issues are specifically assessed and addressed. Clark noted that incarceration increases the likelihood...
Earlier this month, Oregon senator Jeff Merkley visited the Texas-Mexico border. It is difficult to minimize the horror of what he witnessed. Outside a dead Walmart Supercenter, Merkley was escorted by the police away from the facility without being able to witness the conditions inside. We know thousands of children are being held in prison camps such as this facility. These children range in age from babies to teens. If a sitting senator is not permitted to see the conditions...
Boston-based early music ensemble In Stile Moderno returns to Brattleboro on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., for the first concert of its 2019–20 season. “Come Again: Lute Songs of John Dowland and his Contemporaries,” is a concert of songs for lute and four voices from early 17th-century England. The concert will be held at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Tickets are $20 and $10 and are available at instilemoderno.com or at the door. Motivated by a...
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