We inadvertently omitted a name on “Police should be taking hate speech seriously,” a letter that appeared in the July 18 issue. The letter should have been signed by both Arlene Distler and Steve Minkin.
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...
“Emerging from the pandemic hiatus, contemporary relevance questioned, in-person Vermont Town Meeting is at risk, as some people advocate abolishing it,” says Howard Fairman, who has written and created a concise and comprehensive downloadable guide to the venerable Vermont institution. Fairman, who has served as parliamentarian at Putney's Town Meeting, says he is making the four-page “Grassroots Vermonter's Guide to Vermont Town Meeting” available “in the spirit of 'knowing what we've got before it's gone.” Despite Town Meeting's long tradition...
We moved to our current location in 1989, when I was 24 and my partner was 27. It was summer, glorious summer, and we answered an ad to vacate our teensy one-bedroom basement apartment. The ad read: Rustic 1{1/2}-bedroom cabin. Must have 4WD. It sounded like fun, like an adventure. The little hippie shack has long since fallen down, and an actual house has taken its place. Full septic, passive solar gain, a smart setting on the parcel with southern...
On Saturday, July 23, the sound artists Whitney Johnson, who performs as Matchess, and Claire Rousay will play live in the sanctuary of the multimedia arts venue Epsilon Spires in downtown Brattleboro. Both Rousay and Johnson explore what a news release describes as “sounds on the margins of our consciousness.” For Rousay, this involves creating sound collages from the mundane sonic components of our daily lives, like the flick of a lighter or the chime of a text message, while...
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