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BRATTLEBORO-It's here: the season of good cheer. With days and nights filled with holiday-themed office...
BRATTLEBORO-I was full of Christmas cheer as I took a trolley from Cambridge to Boston...
GRAFTON-It must be an epidemic. Google "coping with holiday stress," and you'll find enough advice...
-Christmas in Denmark is a seasonal delight that lasts a little more than a month.
DUMMERSTON-The controversy over political banners hung inside library windows of the Dummerston School has prompted multi-meeting discussions by the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Board, but any next step is currently on pause. Board member Eva Nolan said she noticed the banners, one each for presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, on Sept. 5 as she drove by the school. She then called WSESD Board Chair Deborah Stanford about her "concern for BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and people of color]
In this Women's History Month - especially on March 8, International Women's Day - my mind and heart fill with thoughts of women and girls around the world. Having worked globally, I have witnessed women's lives, heard their stories, seen their grief, abuse, and abject poverty. I have been at the side of women when they gave birth or lost a baby, strong and stoic, and watched more fortunate women advocate for, educate, and comfort their poorer village friends. Whether...
WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players will host open auditions for The Freeing of Mollie Steimer by Brattleboro playwright Patrick Keppel. The play follows the life of an early 20th-century anarchist who, at the age of 20, stood up to intense U.S. political oppression, refusing to back down in her fervent fight for a freer world. Auditions will be held at the Williamsville Hall, 35 Main St., on Friday, Jan. 24, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m.
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