BRATTLEBORO — The light by the Co-op is not working.
So I wanted to write to say that.
Please fix it.
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...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Joe Famolare was a colorful guy who lived a colorful life. Famolare, who died on July 11 at age 82, started working in his father's shoe manufacturing business when he was 12. Then, as a shoe designer, pattern-maker, and executive himself, he took his talents to a higher level. For Capezio, Inc., for example, he designed the dance shoes for the original Broadway production of “West Side Story.” He also designed ballet shoes for the Bolshoi Ballet and footwear for...
Renana Gutman is thrilled to be returning to Marlboro College for the first two free concerts in this year's “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” series. After having been invited by her former teacher Richard Goode, Gutman spent three summers in Vermont at the Marlboro Music Festivals from 2006-2008, where she collaborated with celebrated pianists Goode and Mitsuko Uchida. “I fell in love with the place,” she says, “and I really felt part of the community.” The upcoming concerts will give...
Recently my friend, the apostate Bob Oeser, has encouraged people to vote for Republican Vince Illuzzi for state auditor [Letters, this issue]. I argue the wise vote is for Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer. While Illuzzi's positions on some issues are better than those of some Republicans, there are serious faults in some of those positions, too. Illuzzi has endorsed Mitt Romney in public appearances with John Sununu and Steve Forbes, who have recently declared President Obama un-American, “a disgrace,” and a...
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