MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Instead of giving your beloved a box of chocolates on St. Valentine's Day, why not let a puppy do it? The Windham County Humane Society is holding its first-ever “Valentine's Day Puppy-grams” fundraiser. For a donation of $50, a puppy - accompanied by a human volunteer - will visit your loved one at their home or workplace in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Newfane, Putney, and Vernon. “The recipient will have a half an hour to enjoy the puppy - and the...
On March 8 - more than 100 days ago - more than 700 nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., went on strike for better patient care and safer staffing levels. This situation is not news to me. As a registered nurse who is a former member of the bargaining team for United Nurses and Allied Professionals at the Brattleboro Retreat, I know that no one takes going out on strike lightly. The nurses in Worcester are currently being...
Activist-artists Steve Wangh and Julie Snorek of VTArt-Rising, supported by 350Brattleboro, will present an outdoor, digital exhibition from Dec. 4 through Dec. 11 in Main Street storefront windows. Organizers say the aim of the exhibition, “The Great Reconciliation,” is “to support community reconciliation and healing in light of a divisive political period.” Images will light up storefront windows nightly from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. To view the exhibit, stroll up Main Street past the Latchis Hotel (50 Main St.), then...
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