BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Our nuclear spring” [Editorial, March 14].
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WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Participants of the Vermont Creative Network's IdeaJam in a videoconference on Nov. 17 highlighted their curiosity, optimism, and desire to collaborate. Conversations within the online event focused on how the region's creative workforce adapted their work, and how they want to move forward, using other skills from their creative toolbox such as problem solving and experimentation. The network - authorized by the Legislature in 2016 and operating as an initiative of the Vermont Arts Council - is developing the state's...
With the return of winter, it's worth reflecting on our good fortune to live where there is such a strong tradition of Nordic sports and other winter recreational activity. In Brattleboro, we have a history of getting out to enjoy the snow that goes back to the 1930s, when Fred Harris helped build the ski jump that now bears his name. Harris was also one of the founders of the Brattleboro Outing Club, which continues to sponsor the Harris Hill...
Bartleby's Books hosts Peggy Shinn, author of “Deluge,” on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 4 p.m. “Deluge: Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont's Flash Floods and How One Small State Saved Itself” is the complete story of the floods, the rescue, and the recovery, as seen through the eyes of the people who lived through them. Accounts are told by Wilmington's Lisa Sullivan, whose bookstore was flooded, and town clerk Susie Haughwout, who saved the town records; Tracy Payne, who lost her home...
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