BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
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...
“Compassion” and “dignity” were the words of the day on June 22 as the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust and Groundworks Collaborative celebrated the opening of Great River Terrace. Located at the site of the former Lamplighter Motel on Putney Road, Great River Terrace will provide 22 apartments, plus a host of supportive services, for its residents. It is the realization of a social service model known as permanent supportive housing, as the Trust and Groundworks teams up with Health...
Now that she is the Democratic candidate, can we give Hillary Rodham Clinton her due? She's not perfect - what politician, or human being, is? But she has taken more heat than anyone running for office should have to, and now the time is here to “put a sock in it,” as the British say. Or, as my high school typing teacher taught us, “Now is the time to come to the aid of the party.” * * * Like...
The Vermont Humanities Council's season of lectures at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, begins Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m., with Reuben Jackson presenting “The Electric Period of Miles Davis.” Davis once observed, “I have to change. It's like a curse.” The ever-changing music that he recorded from 1969 to 1975 angered and bewildered many critics and fans, who accused the trumpeter of “selling out.” Jazz archivist and poet Reuben Jackson shares how recordings from Davis' Electric Period -
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