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Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
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Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
For three decades, the free public Thanksgiving dinner at downtown Burlington's Sweetwaters American Bistro surmounted countless challenges, from finding enough tables to seat an annual count of 1,000 people to switching to takeout during the Covid-19 pandemic. “It never crossed my mind not to do something,” longtime owner David Melincoff said of all the hurdles. Then Melincoff sold the restaurant this year and retired, bringing an end - at least temporarily - to a 31-year tradition. “With Covid and not...
In the recent uproar over civility, it was deeply frustrating to note the absence of civil disobedience in the discussions, and to see the time-honored tradition of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. being conflated with actions perceived to be rude and unkind. It was also dangerous, and it was also another sign of the ideology of autocracy being used to quiet resistance when government, and its officials, are doing the wrong thing. One can argue that...
On Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m., musicians from the Brattleboro Music Center and local musicians will offer a program of classical, vocal, instrumental, jazz, and other music at St. Mary's in the Mountains, 13 East Main St. Admission is by donation and will benefit the Deerfield Valley Cares Heating Assistance program. Desserts and coffee will be offered at 7 p.m. at the church's entrance on East Main Street, according to a news release. Performers will include musicians from the...
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