Little Bread & Puppet state goes up against big nuke and the fed gummit.
What could go wrong?
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Summertime is here, and the days are busy for the crew of Department of Public Works. The department has approximately 14 projects lined up for the summer. If funding and the weather cooperate, most of the work will wrap by the fall. Any time of the year, DPW has a full plate. Brattleboro's aging infrastructure needs constant repairs. “A lot of the town needs fixing,” said Water and Highway Superintendent Hannah O'Connell. “We just can't get around to all of...
Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of Washington, D.C.'s public schools, recently remarked, “There are many nations who have figured out what works in education. Look at Singapore.” Rhee, the CEO of StudentsFirst, a group working for educational reform, said that last summer, she heard the prime minister give a speech “in which he outlined the plan for making Singapore No. 1 in the world, financially. His economic plan was rooted in education. He knows that if the country can make...
Next Stage Arts Project in Putney presents Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens on Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m., for a special return engagement after Shelton's wildly successful appearance in 2014. In the seven years since the release of their last full-length record, Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens have toured extensively, playing main stages at some of the most prestigious festivals in the world, including Bonnaroo, The Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreal Pop, and The Ottawa Blues Festival. Though...
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