WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
Good day to you, hearty southern Vermonters! You've got to be hearty to deal with this weather pattern, that's for sure. After an elevation snowstorm that brought more than 15 inches to Mount Snow in western Windham County and light accumulations even in Brattleboro earlier this week, we have more inclement conditions on the way. Snow showers Wednesday will lead to a break in the action Thursday and Friday before some light rain and snow is possible Friday night. Then...
Thanks for publishing Heidi Watts' poignant and compelling account of the purge of teachers at Putney Central School in 1966 for being “Quakers and communists.” Anyone who knows Heidi - or Anne Fines, another teacher purged from Putney - knows what amazing educators they went on to become. Heidi has, for decades, been helping set up education at Auroville, an intentional community in India. Anne's long career as an educator included creating the SCAMP summer program for pre-K students to...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a free talk by artist Natalie Frank and curator Elissa Watters on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., via Zoom and Facebook Live. Register at brattleboromuseum.org. Frank and Watters will discuss the BMAC exhibit, “Natalie Frank: Painting with Paper,” which presents work that Frank produced with a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2019–20. The exhibit is on view at BMAC through Feb. 13. Frank worked with wet pigmented cotton and linen paper...
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