BRATTLEBORO — RE: “The artisan-cheese revolution” [Food & Drink, June 5]:
There is little in life that can't be helped by cheese.
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...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
After 12 years of operations at the River Garden, the Winter Farmers' Market is moving to the Church Building at 80 Flat St. Open on Saturdays from November through March, the market offers local farmers an opportunity for direct-to-customer sales during the winter - a time when most of the state's farmers' markets are closed. Other vendors include local sugarhouses, meat purveyors, bakers, chocolatiers, and craftspeople. The market's café serves locally made prepared foods to diners and shoppers, with a...
The Marlboro Studio School is enrolling for its third term of studio classes beginning this April on the 500+ acre Potash Hill campus on South Road. Spring 2024 course offerings include week-long workshops and multi-week studio classes. The School began offering studio classes in the spring of 2023 in the visual arts facilities of the former Marlboro College. In response to positive feedback, the Marlboro Studio School has increased the number of courses, widened the breadth of media offered in...
RE: “Vermont's next gun debate heats up early” [News, Sept. 4]: I would certainly hope that no one advocates stronger gun laws in Vermont without becoming familiar with the draconian and “War on Drugs”–like gun laws that have recently passed in our neighboring states. The fact that crimes committed with guns in Vermont are, on a per-capita basis, low by any standard would hopefully be some evidence that our current legal framework is greatly preferable to the intense criminalization being...
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