“A simple quiz” [Voices, Sept. 5] was a very-well-done article.
To any who might say that I'm anti-God or even anti-religion, I would reply: No. Just anti-theocracy.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The Preston Lot One area eyed for redevelopment within five years is the town-owned Preston Parking Lot on Flat Street. The lot serves as short-term metered parking. A footbridge across the Whetstone connects it to the Brattleboro Food Co-op property. According to town Planning Director Rod Francis, the town has enough parking next door in the Transportation Center. The planning consultants have suggested that the Preston Lot could better serve as a community park that doubles as a flood plain...
Bartleby's Books is hosting its annual exhibit of Nicki Steel photography for the month of February. Steel will be showing her popular “Hearts in Nature” series of photos, as well as new material from 2016. Steel describes this past year as her “year of the birds.” She spent seven weeks in Marlboro, photographing 13 great blue herons as they grew from newly hatched chicks to fledglings. She also spent time taking pictures of the loons which nested on Lake Raponda,
Steve Cartwright was a real gentleman with a British sense of humor and lots of class. He will truly be missed by all who knew him and, most likely, many who didn't. I am WTSA radio host Ian Kelley's mom, and I have spoken on the phone with Steve during his “Brit on Bratt” program. I am a sucker for a British accent, which Ian knows. Steve seemed like a real gentleman with a great sense of humor and class.
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