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Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
The Board of Trustees at the Meeting House School is throwing a party on June 9 to celebrate the end of another successful year at the preschool. This gathering will be its last, because on June 7, after 45 years of operations, the Meeting House School is closing for good. Lauren MacArthur, co-president of the school's Board of Trustees, explained why: “We're closing because a public pre-kindergarten is starting at Marlboro's elementary school.” Beginning in September, The Marlboro School, a...
The closing of the Brattleboro Retreat would have a profoundly negative impact on Brattleboro, on Retreat employees, and on the region. Moreover, the loss of one of the nation's largest and longest-standing comprehensive psychiatric hospitals (12th in size as of 2016) would leave many struggling to find adequate mental health and substance abuse treatment. Action needs to be taken to save the Retreat, and fast. Just don't rely on the current administration or board to fully accomplish that task. Not...
BRATTLEBORO-Under the Maple/Brattleboro House Concerts will host a benefit concert for RiverJam Romp on Sunday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. The concert will feature Peter Siegel, Amanda Witman, and friends. Peter Siegel is an award-winning musician, educator, and founding member of The Gaslight Tinkers. Influenced by the songwriting of Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs, Dixieland, old-time fiddle tunes, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Siegel grew up singing on the Hudson River sloop Clearwater. He moved to the Pioneer Valley as a young...
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