BRATTLEBORO — Bullying is not good, because if you bully people too much, they can get all upset and they can try to kill themselves, or they could run away and get lost.
I think bullying should stop, so people don't get upset to the point that they don't want to live anymore.
So don't bully people who are gay, bisexual, or lesbian. That is who they are, so don't pick on them.
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...
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The sun sparkles on the waters of Sweet Pond once again. The pond's return to community use symbolizes what the combined efforts of community members, lawmakers, and state employees can achieve. Last fall, state contractors completed renovating a historic dam that was deemed unsafe, requiring the draining of the 18-acre pond in one of the state's smallest parks in 2011. With the project complete last fall, the water from Keats Brook started to fill Sweet Pond once again, marking a...
We have read with great concern and consternation Rebecca Holcombe's memorandum on “Student Voice and Civil Debate,” addressed to superintendents, principals, independent school headmasters, and all educators in Vermont. In this memo, the secretary of education urges the aforementioned parties to foster students' ability to use their voices to advocate for change, yet suggests that students not participate in the walkouts planned at many schools, but rather share a 17-minute period of silence in the auditorium. (The irony of asking...
The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (BAJC) marks the holiday of Purim this year with Purimpalooza, a costume party open to everyone, starring jazz vocalist Wanda Houston and Brattleboro's own jazz master pianist Eugene Uman, along with several other local performers, on Saturday, March 19, from 7 to 10:30 p.m., at the Vermont Jazz Center at the Cotton Mill. “Purim is the most joyous of all Jewish holidays,“ BAJC Cantor Kate Judd said in a news release. ”We celebrate the story...
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