BRATTLEBORO — Why do the vast majority of pro-Vermont Yankee pieces printed herewith emanate from New Hampshire?
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Toastmasters meeting at Marlboro Grad Center May 9 BRATTLEBORO - BrattleMasters, the Brattleboro-based chapter of Toastmasters International, meets Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Marlboro College Graduate Center, room 2E, 28 Vernon St. The club meets the second and fourth Thursday of every month at the same time and location. Guests are welcome and refreshments are provided. There is no pressure to speak, and members work at their own pace and with assigned mentors to help them...
For the weeks following the slaughter of the innocent schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I hardly left the couch of grief and shame. I've taught kids my entire 35-year career, and I felt as if we - teachers, parents, lawmakers, and society at large - had failed. Our primary responsibility is to keep kids safe. When parents leave them with us at the schoolhouse doors, we make a contract, explicitly or implicitly: We will return them to you safely.
Guilford Center Stage opens its fourth year with Spoon River May 4-6 at the Broad Brook Community Center on Guilford Center Road. The modern American classic will be performed in a new adaptation for the stage by Guilford playwright Michael Nethercott, who directs the play. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The original book of epitaph-monologues, Spoon River Anthology by Chicago lawyer Edgar Lee Masters, created a sensation when first published...
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