Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
-Despite a cold and rainy Saturday, thousands of Vermonters poured into the streets to protest the Trump administration and its policies at "Hands Off!" rallies in Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Chester, and Wilmington on April 5. More than 150 activist groups were involved in organizing 1,200 such marches and rallies across all 50 states, and southern Vermont turned out in force. Organizers estimated that more than 1,500 people showed up in Brattleboro, more than 500 turned out in Chester, and a...
A year and a half ago, I received an outpouring of support when I published my story about both being sexually abused by my grandfather as a child and about Vermont Public Radio not allowing me to use the word “grandfather” to identify my abuser. I was also the recipient of many, many confessions of untold abuse. Ever since, I've been thinking about a way to help others break the silence that keeps this kind of abuse secret - and...
After a wide-ranging search, Colleen Harris has been selected to direct the graduating students in the ProTrack Training Program's end-of-year performance at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). This contemporary circus performance is the final Capstone Project for professionally ready students attending the three-year professional program at NECCA. NECCA Cofounder Serenity Smith Forchion said in a news release that Harris's extensive directorial experience in theater, along with a connection to contemporary circus, made her “an ideal directorial choice.”
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