Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) board members say they don't have any information regarding the status of Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS) Principal Steve Perrin, who has been on paid leave at an annual salary of about $120,000 since spring break. At the July 19 board meeting, parents Lisa Ford and Melany Kahn peppered the board with questions about the lack of public information about Perrin's status. Ford, chair of the BUHS Leadership Council, brought up what she called the...
In January, I became part of a committee that worked to create a project for a National Endowment for the Humanities “Creating Humanities Communities,” a matching grant whose goals are “to ensure that Americans around the country have the opportunity to engage with our shared cultural heritage” and to “demonstrate the power of the humanities to build connections, stimulate discovery, and contribute to vibrant communities.” The People, Places, and History of Words in Brattleboro, Vermont project is a wide collaboration...
Most people would be satisfied just to walk all 273 miles of Vermont's Long Trail, the nation's oldest hiking path. So why did Nikki Kimball want to run it? In record time? With a film crew following her? “There's something really spiritual about it with its highs and lows,” the 44-year-old nationally ranked ultramarathoner recently told ESPN of her sport. “For me, there's no better metaphor for life.” Kimball's journey through tough terrain literal and figurative is the subject of...
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