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.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
For the first time in 14 years, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union is headed for a change in leadership. But the Oct. 26 decision to name Lyle Holiday as the pending successor to retiring Superintendent Ron Stahley was overshadowed by intense debate about the way officials had searched for a new top administrator. That search didn't include any external candidates, and Holiday - a Windham Southeast curriculum coordinator - was the only candidate put forth for hiring consideration. While no one...
Strolling of the Heifers presents “Love Local,” a week of community valentine-making at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, a project that kicks off at Gallery Walk on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. According to Stroll intern Kristen Fledderjohn, who is organizing the event, participants can stop in, make valentines, “and share some love, particularly with local farms and farmers.” Fledderjohn said the aim is to develop the River Garden as a space “where the community can come...
No one could be more surprised than I to be jonesing for Trump, but I'm still checking the news compulsively. I thought I was going to kick my thrice-daily news meals plus snacks, eager to see what the new outrage might be, the newest lie. I first planned to stop back in November - maybe not on election night, but soon after. But Trump's alternate reality flourished in the form of a fantasy landslide, a stolen election. I kept checking...
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