RE: “Visions, values, and tragedy” [Special Focus, July 17]:
After two years, reading this story breaks my heart. Richard Gagnon, thank you for writing. My prayers for you, and for everyone in Brattleboro, continue.
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...
Good morning, afternoon, or evening to you, depending on what time of day you've picked up the paper! After our unseasonable early snowfall last week, we're flipping the cards with some unseasonable warmth that will visit our environs for Wednesday and Thursday. Shortly thereafter, a disturbance and associated cold front will push through southern Vermont by Friday morning, dropping us squarely into Autumn once again. To the details! For Wednesday, high pressure will dominate, and we'll enjoy a partly sunny,
The Rock River Players present “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson at the Williamsville Hall, diagonally across from The Eatery on Dover Road, according to a news release. “On Golden Pond” is the story of Ethel [Debbi Reed-Savory] and Norman Thayer [Stewart McDermet], who return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 48th year. A retired English professor, Norman is nearly 80, with heart palpitations and a failing memory but still as acerbic, sharp, and eager for life...
Food co-ops can be one of the best places for people to learn, train one another, and practice grassroots democracy. I don't want to lose that into the corporate, overly hierarchical paradigm sweeping through so many food co-ops, under the guise of promoting professionalism. Out of grassroots communities have grown fair trade, demand for food-labeling laws, support for organic and local agriculture, and other developments valued by many, which the major corporate players always said were not practical. These are...
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