ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's...
BRATTLEBORO-Australian (secret) ballot is the only way all the registered voters of Brattleboro get to...
Tristan Roberts (tristan@tristanroberts.org) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
Daniel Quipp served on the Brattleboro Selectboard from 2019 to 2025. BRATTLEBORO-In the last month...
After two months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, retail stores within Vermont reopened for business - with limitations - on May 22. As part of Gov. Phil Scott's executive order that gave stores the green light to reopen with precautions, the state is requiring employees to wear face coverings or work behind a plexiglas sneeze guard when in the presence of others. Scott also said that municipalities could pass stricter mandates, and the town wasted no time taking...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made deeply concerning and misleading statements about people with autism. Contrary to Secretary Kennedy's claims, autism is not a tragedy, nor is it a disease or an epidemic. These characterizations are not only inaccurate - they are harmful. They perpetuate outdated stereotypes that dismiss the strengths, dignity, and potential of millions of people on the autism spectrum. At Health Care & Rehabilitation...
PUTNEY-Yellow Barn enters the second half of its summer festival this week with performances on Thursday through Saturday (July 25–27), and a Saturday morning masterclass with Laurence Lesser (July 27). Returning to the Big Barn stage this summer are violinist Anthony Marwood, clarinetist Alan Kay, cellist John Myerscough, and violist Krzysztof Chorzelski, plus newcomers cellist Luise Buchberger and violist Pauline Sachse. Thursday's free performance is the second in Yellow Barn's new side-by-side concerts. At Yellow Barn, musicians have their own...
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