GUILFORD — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
Roger Katz was one of the good guys, one of the best. Very sad to say goodbye.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
GUILFORD-After a hiatus of several years, the village of Guilford Center will revive its Fourth of July tradition, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Broad Brook Grange, established in 1874. The community is invited to join in the festivities on Thursday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for a community picnic, reminiscent of early Grange gatherings and sponsored by the Broad Brook Grange. The day kicks off at 11 a.m. at the recently restored Guilford Center Meeting...
The Open Music Collective launches a special Zappa ensemble from Monday, July 14, at 7 p.m. Bolstered by the success of last year's summer Zappa ensemble class, OMC offers its second class featuring such classics as “Mother People,” “Peaches in Regalia,” and “Absolutely Free.” Organizers say vocals and all instruments are wanted, including mallet percussion, guitars, saxes, trumpets, keyboards, strings “and anything else that can read notes or play rhythm.” The five classes, directed by Jamie MacDonald, total $125, and...
It's too late to prevent climate change. No matter how fast we ultimately act to limit its potentially catastrophic impact - and we must act quickly, or it will be too late to do even that - we have to face the reality that climate change is here and will continue to be an increasingly dominant presence in our lives. We can't avoid it or wish it away. This frightening prospect can easily paralyze us into inaction, rendering us all...
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