BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for documenting Bill Guay's effect on us.
A memorial is being planned for Mon., Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., Brattleboro.
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
A Brattleboro businessman's push to reform Vermont's alimony laws appears to be gaining traction in the Legislature. The state Senate Judiciary Committee on March 11 unanimously approved a bill that would create a “Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force” to consider whether changes are needed in the state's alimony statute. That vote came two days after Rick Fleming, president of Vermont Alimony Reform, made an impassioned pitch for change to committee members. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington and Judiciary Committee chair,
I became a published author when I was in high school. The organist at my church, Alan Dann, became involved with a newspaper in Brattleboro, and he urged me to give it a shot. If memory serves, I wrote a piece about armed forces recruitment officers on campus at Brattleboro Union High School. The reporting followed a typical arc. I checked with all the necessary sources at the school, called up a recruiting station and spoke with an officer (who...
On Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m., poet Chuck Miller and civil rights activist Charles Prickett will read at the home of Jerry Levy. Miller is a graduate of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa and the author of many books of poetry. His latest, Parsecs to Go, Poems of Protest, was released in 2013. Miller's experience as a migrant worker and world traveler has given him an international perspective on issues of human rights. He has taught...
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