Voices
Common interests, or us-versus-them?
Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
Jon Hoover is assistant executive director of Groundworks Collaborative. BRATTLEBORO-This community needs to come together...
Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan has sanctioned Marlboro College's transfer of assets to Emerson College in Boston. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) also okayed the sale of the campus to Democracy Builders Fund (DBF), which intends to launch a new school, Degrees of Freedom (DOF), which is designing a low-residency college program with an anticipated opening in 2021. After the state approval was issued July 20, both transactions are expected to take place this week, according to Marlboro College President...
Lana Dever or Peter “Fish” Case for WSESD school board? Over the years, both have contributed much to our community, volunteering their time, energy, and expertise to a variety of social causes. Peter has served, for example, on the boards of Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro, Groundworks Collaborative, Girls on the Run, and Black Mountain Residential Family Living. Anyone who follows his columns in the Brattleboro Reformer knows that he is a champion of Black Lives Matter, Everyone Eats,
The Brattleboro Words Project announced that a special July episode of the newly launched Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast features insights into author Saul Bellow and his connection to Vermont, including exclusive interviews with his biographer and editor, to honor the famed writer's birthday and the love he had for Green Mountain summers. Bellow lived and wrote for nearly the last third of his life near Brattleboro part-time and is buried in the town cemetery. Nobel Literature laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner,
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