BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Guilford's fire station needs paint” [Town and Village, Dec. 5]:
A well-reported article. I drive by the Guilford Fire Department all the time and wondered why it was blue.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
Music sung by the brave karaoke few filled The Root Social Justice Center, a home away from home for many local nonprofits. The Root celebrated its first birthday last Saturday with awards, cake, karaoke, dancing, and fundraising. A work collective by day and a community events space by night, The Root houses four businesses while providing community meeting spaces, available by donation. Four friends - Angela Berkfield, Alex Fischer, Shela Linton, and Mel Motel - launched the center last year...
On Dec. 15 at 4 and 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 16 at 3 p.m., Sandglass Theater will present its annual Crankie Weekend, showcasing the mystique and low-tech charm of pairing song and story with rolling pictures. Crankies are scrolling illustrations, wound inside a wooden box and then hand-cranked so that the images move across a viewing screen. Once called “moving panoramas,” crankies were as close as it got to films in the early 19th century. Recently, crankies have made a...
America is the greatest nation on the planet. Period. When we're out shopping and see those three words “Made in America,” there is a small bit of pride that we get out of knowing we are supporting jobs right here at home. Whether it's a small mom-and-pop store or a multibillion-dollar corporation, an American business is still an American business. The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant is run by one of those American businesses, and it supports more than 620...
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