A joy to read

Dave Boliver

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 — Issue 290

WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Marc Thurman

Marc Thurman is the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion at Landmark College.

Irony and hypocrisy

Karen Tyler

BRATTLEBORO-Charlie Kirk very publicly said that he believed it was worth the cost of a...

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

Stephen Stearns

BRATTLEBORO-Are you thinking about our Constitution's First Amendment today? I am. Before our revolution in...

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

Dan DeWalt

WILLIAMSVILLE-Every day we wake up to news of yet another assault on our Constitution and...

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Living Memorial Park campaign makes rain for snowmaking

It may be mid-summer, but volunteers are already thinking about winter. Living Memorial Park Snow Sports, Inc., the nonprofit that operates the Brattleboro Ski Hill, has started raising money for snowmaking upgrades as well as some needed repairs to the hill's pump house to improve snowmaking capacity. To date, $850 has been raised on the group's GoFundMe page at bit.ly/673-ski-fundraiser, and an anonymous donor has pledged another $2,000 toward the $5,000 goal, but more is needed. “We're making progress,” says...

Which conditions are more pernicious?

Betsy Thomason

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 — Issue 639

Finally, thanks to Covid, everyone knows about the work of respiratory therapists. We're now recognized as the profession that manages folks connected to mechanical ventilation. Nurses and doctors rely on respiratory therapists' knowledge and experience to help patients return to breathing on their own. Now that I am retired, the best use of my 25 years of experience in respiratory therapy work is to publicly share my knowledge and point of view. Let's start with masks. There are two types:

Bandwagon series presents Bondeko on July 6

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 — Issue 771

PUTNEY-The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Maine-based multicultural collaboration Bondeko, on Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m., at Cooper Field, 41 Sand Hill Rd. Bondeko is the unlikely collaboration of neighbors in Portland, Maine's migrant community: Ylli Brekofca, an Albanian crooner; Namory Keita, a Guinean drummer; Orson Horchler, a French singer-songwriter; and Ray Saperstein, a Latin musician from Texas. The result is a mix of Roma melodies, Cumbia rhythms, Malenke singalongs, and Balkan tempos, peppered with waltzes and maybe...

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A joy to read

Dave Boliver

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 — Issue 290

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Irony and hypocrisy

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

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News

Living Memorial Park campaign makes rain for snowmaking

Virginia Ray

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — Issue 673

Voices

Which conditions are more pernicious?

Betsy Thomason

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 — Issue 639

Arts

Bandwagon series presents Bondeko on July 6

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 — Issue 771

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