BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
The Brooks Memorial Library is gathering community input for the library's upcoming five-year strategic plan. “I love strategic plans,” said Library Director Starr LaTronica to a small audience of community members on May 19. But before LaTronica and the library's Board of Trustees can create the plan, “we get to dream,” she said. “Wishes are the original out-of-the-box thinking.” Throughout the summer, LaTronica, trustees, and members of the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library will gather feedback from the community to...
I urge Windham County voters to join me in casting a vote for Dave Schoales for the Vermont State Senate. Schoales has said he is running to replace Senator Jeanette White. As chair of the Government Operations Committee, Senator White has been the Legislature's leading proponent for allowing corporations to finance Vermont political campaigns. In 2011, she took the extreme step of not bringing a campaign finance reform bill that had been approved by her committee to the secretary of...
BRATTLEBORO-Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen is known for his detailed drawings of creepy creatures made on common yellow Post-it Notes. A dozen of Mortensen's tiny creations is currently on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) in "Dream Homes," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. They appear alongside six larger drawings by Mortensen, each one overflowing with monsters and humans cavorting in, on, and around a variety of dwellings, such as castles, churches, mansions,
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