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.
Meg Mott, Ph.D. is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself...
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
The Brattleboro Retreat's “Tyler 3” unit offers Vermont's only inpatient mental-health beds for adolescents. In many ways, it's considered “our most challenging unit,” says Retreat President and CEO Louis Josephson. And efforts to find funding for physical upgrades have thus far been unsuccessful. Nevertheless, Retreat administrators say they're making some big improvements on Tyler 3 - and elsewhere on the sprawling campus - by implementing two new programs that change how patients are treated for mental-health and substance-abuse problems. The...
Where do you see compassion at work in our community? Is there a person who comes to mind when you think of selfless acts? An organization that has made a caring impact on your life? A time that people have come together out of concern for others? We are looking for good stories about compassion that you have seen or experienced! Consistent with Brattleboro's newly publicized, and continued, commitment to compassion, the Reformer and The Commons have agreed to publish...
Registration is open for lessons and classes in 20 instruments and voice, as well as membership in a number of across-the-board musical ensembles, this fall at the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC). The BMC's fall semester begins the week of Sept. 14. Two new classes debut this fall: a weekend music leadership course taught by Windham Orchestra conductor Hugh Keelan, and a songwriting workshop taught by Emmy-nominated lyricist and Broadway performer Alisa Hauser and Vermont Academy's Steve Cady. Perennial favorites return...
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