I was sorry to have missed the Marlboro College Graduate School graduation ceremonies. Matt Dunne's speech [“Grounds for optimism,” Primary Source, Sept. 12] was excellent and truly captured the spirit and ideals of Marlboro.
In our fast-paced, super-media-focused lives, I'm afraid that many people miss the importance of personal and social interaction. Kudos to Dunne for stating it so eloquently.
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...
The Selectboard voted last week to cancelled the Special Town Meeting that was planned for Aug. 23. According to Town Clerk Pamela McFadden, the town was notified late last month by the state Agency of Transportation (AOT) that it will be receiving an additional $36,000 from the transportation enhancement grant for the West Dummerston Covered Bridge wing wall project. Selectboard member Tom Bodett, who has been overseeing the project, wrote in an email that the Special Town Meeting was originally...
I find myself in tears for the men and women we send into war (our veterans), for the victims, and the many families harmed by Bashar Hafez al-Assad's callous and venal use of chemical weapons. There is no joy in this for me. I wanted our president, Barack Obama, to actually rise to his own rhetoric. I admit to being a fool. And I would again willingly pay the price for my hopefulness. I will still back him if he...
A two-week artist retreat that has been a component of the Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival has been blossoming into its own parallel program - “a residency in and of itself,” says its coordinator, Natasha Loewy. The Pikes Falls Visual Arts Residency brings visual artists to Jamaica for two weeks of rural inspiration for their work, complete with a $250 stipend and room and board. Loewy said visual art has been integrated with the music festival from the time it...
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