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MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the...
On Sunday, Jan. 28 - a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the creators of The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz will bring the 85-minute documentary, released last month, to the Latchis for a screening and discussion. The film features former neo-Nazi Tony McAleer and depicts, according to a media release, his "journey from a troubled teen drawn into white supremacist ideology to a man trying to make amends for his hate-filled past." McAleer, the film's subject,
WILLIAMSVILLE-Mark Treinkman responded to an opinion he didn't like by belittling its author, questioning the legitimacy of its points, and offering his own more "scholarly" opinion as a substitute. He advocates for "knowledge and context," so let's try to apply some to what he wrote. Mr. Treinkman correctly reminded us that Jews have lived alongside Arabs in Palestine for centuries. Jews and Arabs, in fact, coexisted with minimal friction between them for a very long time. It was only when...
The Collegiate A Cappella Concert is returning to Brattleboro for the 19th year. This benefit for the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC), will take place at the Latchis Theatre on Saturday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. The new lineup features The Dartmouth Sings, Shades of Yale, UMass Vocal Suspects, Vassar Devils, Villanova Supernovas, and Williams College Ephlats. Traveling to Brattleboro from around the East Coast, the groups will fill the Latchis Theatre with a variety of musical styles, ranging...
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