Love this story! Ana was my son Leo's preschool teacher. I am so happy for the family and the amazing resourcefulness and commitment that brought them all back together. So happy for Ana.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
Michael Bosworth clapped politely and let out a wan cheer with the six or seven others of the audience as the Selectboard approved a scoping study that recommends adding bike lanes and widening sidewalks to both sides of Western Avenue between Academy School and Greenleaf Street. The vote, cast at the Nov. 18 Selectboard meeting, followed a consultant's slideshow on road changes in the area, and years of mounting municipal and voter concern about bicycle and pedestrian safety. “There is...
Peter Adair reminds us that the thickness of our atmosphere is equivalent to that of an apple skin around a large apple - which, in turn, reminds me of a point I like to make. If our atmosphere were compressed until it became a liquid, it would be a mere 32 feet thick. It then becomes quite easy to imagine mankind's ability to irreparably destroy the atmosphere, if we picture it as being made up of the same amount of...
The UMass Percussion Ensemble will perform in the Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Sunday, March 27, at 7 p.m. “We love presenting music in the museum's galleries,” said BMAC director Danny Lichtenfeld, “especially contemporary music that resonates with the contemporary art on our walls.” Ayano Kataoka, the ensemble's director, is a percussionist and marimbist known for her “brilliant and dynamic technique, as well as the elegance and artistry she brings...
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