Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
It started with a post in the Brattleboro, Vermont Facebook group by Greenfield, Mass. resident Erin Bohannon, who attached scans of portraits of local people and said that she was looking to return them to families. If you've lived in the area for a bit, the names on the 5{x}7 black-and-white photographs would be familiar: Barb Covey, Marion Gassett, Tucky Houghton, Stuart Anderson, Eugene Lane, and many more. Bohannon didn't ask for money, and she was willing to pay the...
Town Meeting Day is always important to Vermonters and gives us the chance to elect leaders and decide on issues where it hits us the most, at the local level. As with everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic forced changes to how we vote on Tuesday, March 2. Many towns in Vermont are postponing the traditional Town Hall meeting. In Brattleboro, there is no early voting at the Municipal Building, but that shouldn't stop you from voting. As a justice of...
The Theatre Adventure Wednesday Troupe presents their original story this year, The Curious Child and the Flying Horses, which comes directly from their 2021 summer expressive arts camp, “The Earth Inspires.” Maia Gilmour, an artist and teacher from northern Vermont, developed three original tales of the Earth that the students explored with puppetry, movement, sound, acting, music, poetry, and singing. Since 2004, a news release states, “Theatre Adventure actors have been bringing stories to the stage with delightful ingenuity, imagination,
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