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...
Girls on the Run will host its 10th annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May, 19, at Brattleboro Union High School. The event, and the 10-week program that led up to it, are designed to encourage girls in grades 3 to 8 to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. Nancy Heydinger, the executive director of Girls on the Run in Southern Vermont, said she sees the program as a way to help girls at a pivotal age stay out of...
I saw Dad sitting next to the piano in the nursing home dining room. At first glance, he looked like my dear, old dad, with a fresh shave, recent haircut, and wearing his favorite blue plaid shirt. I stooped down and gave him a hearty bear hug. As he kissed my cheek, he squeezed me with his strong right arm, his paralyzed left arm and wrist contorted in permanent flexion. With his muscles long ago atrophied in his motionless left...
Next Stage Arts Project will host contemporary bluegrass and folk music quartet, The Stockwell Brothers Band, with their special guests Doug and Tim Harlow, Geoff Sather, Phil Bloch, Pat Holiday, Lou Trombley, Derrik Jordan, and Maria Basescu at Next Stage on Friday, May 11, at 7 p.m. This free concert is part of the 10-day festival “Legacy Putney,” a collaborative celebration of Putney history, arts, and culture. In addition to performing as the current Stockwell Brothers Band (Bruce, Barry, Alan...
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