BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Project Feed the Thousands has begun its 30th annual campaign against hunger in our communities. Organizers said in a news release that they will work to make this year's campaign "the most successful ever in its 30-year history" and said they are "undeterred by rampant inflation and other economic factors that make food insecurity a prolific, incessant, and persistent concern for countless individuals and families in our area." Project Feed is a community-wide food drive collecting cash and non-perishable food...
The phone rings and, under normal circumstances, you think, “I wonder who this might be.” You glance at the number on your phone's display, and your heart either begins to race or it sinks because you just know it's not going to be a hi-Mom- how-are-you-today kind of conversation. Decision time. Do I answer the call? Do I pretend the phone isn't ringing? I can easily decline by pushing a button on my phone, or I can reluctantly answer, “Hello,
A group of artists and craftspeople from the West Brattleboro and Marlboro area will open their studios en masse this weekend. Douglas Cox of Sunset Lake Road, who makes violins, violas and cellos used worldwide by professional and traditional musicians of all genres, has coordinated a tour of 18 studios within a six-mile radius for the second annual Brattleboro-West Arts Open Studio Tour. “The weekend features some work that responds directly to the Vermont countryside, like landscape paintings, figured stoneware,
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