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-When I first heard of the horrific terrorist attacks on the music festival and peaceful...
BRATTLEBORO-I am deeply disturbed by this letter by a group of local Jews who call...
BRATTLEBORO-The current state-sponsored denial of all food, water, medical supplies, and humanitarian assistance to the...
BRATTLEBORO-An open letter to the Brattleboro town manager: "Pride goeth before the fall." -Proverbs 16:18.
Jeff Battaglini is from the tough-love school of beekeeping. “I had a tough-love meeting with a beekeeper when I started,” said the former plumber and skydiver. “It was really good honest tough love.” “He said, 'It's going to be the most expensive honey you get,'” he added. Battaglini's experience has proved the old beekeeper right. Several years, several steep learning curves, and several emotional roller coasters later, he is now the president of the fledgling Windham County Beekeepers Association and...
Twilight Music begins its 19th Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, zydeco, rock, and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, June 19, with roots and world music quintet The Gaslight Tinkers. Co-presented with Next Stage Arts Project, the four-concert series continues on Sundays. The Gaslight Tinkers' blend of global rhythms creates what organizers call “a joyous world beat sound around a core of traditional New England old time and Celtic fiddle music, merging boundless positive energy with...
I've been turning the pages of On the Breath of Song with tears and smiles and the deep appreciation for the voices. The gift of song that goes straight to the heart. Thank you, Hallowell Singers, and thank you, thank you, Kathy Leo, for your deep knowing, for your big heart, and for sharing your beautiful words.
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