RE: “Written in stone” [Editorial, May 30]:
I served with Bill Bassignani in Vietnam. Thank you for reminding people of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women in uniform, especially those in combat zones.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
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Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
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I thought I'd mastered our community's center. The shops. Eateries. Banks. The quite-outstanding food co-op. The iconoclastic Latchis complex. The bookending cultural monuments: Brooks Memorial Library up north and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center down south. And, yes, Brooks House - the belle of the ball - anchoring once again a town with a history to be proud of. Who knew that in the old Paramount Building, across the street from where I worked for so many years, would...
Many will remember the space as the former Brattleboro School of Dance. Along the three flights of stairs at 22 High St. is the familiar dark gray, worn a bit more, but with cool signage - made from wood, of course - pointing to HatchSpace. Consisting of five shop spaces in 8,000 square feet, the nonprofit states its mission is "to celebrate and advance the learning, practice, and cultural varieties of woodworking. We provide anyone with access to the tools...
I live in fear. I'm terrified each time I face the scrutiny of power-possessing individuals from the majority population. I have learned over 50 years as a neurological minority that my best hope of survival depends on my ability to pretend to be something I am not, to hide my nature, to pass as “normal.” In first grade I was formally diagnosed with dyslexia and hyperactivity, and I have lived most of my life in the shadow of that diagnosis...
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