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.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
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Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
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Months of turmoil that led to two weeks of crisis at the New England Center for Circus Arts was resolved last week with a new leadership team and the reinstatement of the nonprofit's founders, whose firing precipitated a public outcry and a stalemate that brought NECCA's operations to a standstill. The selection of the new leadership team was one of the key demands of a group of coaches that resigned shortly after the July 10 decision to terminate cofounders Elsie...
Retreat Farm, 350 Linden St., will host the nonprofit Farm to Ballet Project for the second straight year. The Farm to Ballet Project is a dance collaborative designed to celebrate the unique culture of New England farms while introducing new audiences to the beauty of classical ballet. Set to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, the Farm to Ballet dancers will present the story of life on a farm from the first planting to the harvest. The gate will open on Saturday,
A bundle of boundless energy, Lori Miller shared her considerable talents as a volunteer gardener at Parks Place Community Resource Center in Bellows Falls for 17 years. A certified master gardener since 2006, she soon became a volunteer at Parks Place, developing a garden where visitors and staff could find a calming patch of land that offers respite, a space for reflection and, of course, beauty. She spent many of those years as project leader, coordinating the efforts of community...
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