Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
Why residents would be charged legal fees ranging from $800 to $7,000 for information requests - without getting the requested information - has recently been a hot topic for the Selectboard. At the board's March 28 meeting, former Selectboard member Richard Clark started the chat, saying he had made a public records request regarding the Planning Commission in early February, asking for emails from Town Administrator Peder Rude. Clark said two days later he received a letter with “a proposal...
I was disturbed by Jacqueline Brook's piece, which refers to influenza as a “benign illness” that should be looked at as “a guilt-free excuse to read a stack of good books.” It is clear Ms. Brook has never contracted a severe case of influenza. I have, and reading a stack of books was not an option as I staggered into my doctor's office, collapsed in his arms, and had to lie on a bed being fed fluids intravenously for the...
Join the Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) on Sunday, Dec. 13, for a live Zoom event with author Arthur Magida as he discusses his Pultizer Prize-nominated work, Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-occupied Paris, a much-lauded new biography of Noor Inayat Khan. Author Magida will discuss how we can harness Noor's strengths and unique qualities for the greater good today. Noor's father brought Sufism (Islamic mysticism) to the West in 1910. While serving as a secret agent for...
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