Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
Although Havana is approximately 1,477 miles from Brattleboro, the organizers of the Brattleboro Film Festival and the Windham World Affairs Council aim to bring Cuba a lot closer during the weekend of Nov. 6. In a series of events that would have hardly been possible before 2014, when presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro reopened diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, locals can experience Cuban academia, film, music, and food without having to travel to Miami or sneak...
I've been thinking a lot about Syria. Until recently, the country seemed largely absent from the news beyond the occasional CNN crawl or obligatory New York Times piece on a Sunday. Now that it's being framed as a civil war, which means it could go on for a long time, I've tried to imagine what it must be like to be emotionally battered and sneaking around on the street begging to buy some bread. I keep imagining a baby suckling...
The artwork of Melissa Rubin is on display at Main Street Arts through March 20 in a show she has titled Transience. An artist reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Rubin is a New York City and Vermont-based artist who has exhibited her work in galleries in New York, California, and Vermont. Her work has been featured in ARTnews magazine, on CBS This Morning, and in performances and movie sets. She is the recipient...
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