WEST BRATTLEBORO — Beautifully written! It's easy to lose sight of the ones we do help when we focus our hearts on the ones we can't.
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
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...
Two local organizations, Planned Parenthood Defenders and the Women's Action Team, have teamed up with Latchis Arts - which is offering theater space at no cost - to present a fundraising event to support access to reproductive services. The event, on Sunday, Oct. 29, begins at 4 p.m., with a screening of the documentary film Break the Silence. The film, directed by Willow O'Feral, features interviews with 17 Brattleboro-area women about their sexual and reproductive-health histories. A facilitated question-and-answer period...
I enjoyed very much the article about COVID prevention in elder-care institutions. However, I think you missed a great opportunity to acknowledge the difference between nursing homes and assisted-living homes.This is a very important distinction, but the article uses the terms “nursing home” and “assisted living” seemingly interchangeably. These two types of institution serve different (though somewhat overlapping) populations; they are staffed differently and capable of different levels of care, have very different cost and coverage options, and are regulated...
GUILFORD-Guilford Center Stage's fall production is a Guilford collaboration in which the subjects are 30 Guilford elders recalling life in town in the early 20th century. Guilford poet Verandah Porche interviewed current and former Guilford residents, ages 69 to 91, between 2006 and 2019. The result is a play for voices, Broad Brook Anthology, which will be performed October 25–27 at Broad Brook Community Center. From the interviews, Porche crafted a narrative for each elder, then returned to have them...
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