BRATTLEBORO-Ask any journalist: It is almost impossible to get a good photo of documents being signed. Oh, you can play with camera angles and aperture settings and the like, but you're never going to get a satisfying image. Nothing you do, no matter how accomplished a photographer you might be, will give you an image that actually tells the story. The moment is an inflection point. What happens before that moment, and what happens after - those are the stories.

Chase gets that IVF, reproductive care could be at stake in this election

Krista Gay

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 — Issue 787

ATHENS-I'm a lifelong Vermonter who lives in Athens on the same land that my family has for at least six generations, and I endorse Heather Chase for our state representative. This election is deeply personal to me. So is my ability to have children and God forbid, if I miscarry, my getting needed life-saving medical care could quite literally depend upon the outcome of this election. As a first-generation college student growing up in my small town, I saw education...

A community of artists display their work

Alyssa Grosso

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 — Issue 771

NEWFANE-The Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West Street, will present a variety of paintings by the Monadnock Area Artists Association. The show will be taking place from July 2 to July 2 with a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. at the gallery on Saturday, July 6. Association members Gill Truslow, Ruth Sterling, Kris Stewart, Liz Winchester-Larson, Carol Corliss, Kate Beetle, Sue Beetle, Gail Shelley, Kathleen Kennedy, Kevin Whitfield, Marianne Stillwagon, Mary Iselin, and Amy Owens will...

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