GUILFORD-Joel Veena Eisenkramer, known professionally as Joel Veena, has recently released a new album, Cardinal,
DUMMERSTON-What could be more fun than going out at night to hear live music, or...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts presents indie rock band Betty, plus DJ ezGirl on Friday, April 25,
-Next Stage Arts presents Stephane Wrembel, the "living face of Gypsy jazz," on Saturday, April...
A defense contractor has closed its Brattleboro plant, eliminating 15 jobs and leaving a 24,000-square-foot building vacant in the Exit One Industrial Park. L3 KEO announced Jan. 9 that its facility at 343 John Seitz Drive had shut, effective immediately. The Northampton, Massachusetts, based company characterized it as “a difficult but necessary decision in our ongoing effort to streamline business operations and achieve operational efficiencies.” L3 administrators said they're offering “a severance package, extended medical coverage, and outplacement assistance” to...
Author Elizabeth G. Macalaster presents her new book, “In Disguise!: Undercover with Real Women Spies” at the Putney Public Library on Thursday, March 7, from 7 to 8:30 pm. Spanning more than 300 years and 10 countries, “In Disguise!” (2013), written under the pen name Ryan Ann Hunter, tells the stories of history's most daring women, from Harriet Tubman, who freed hundreds of slaves during the Civil War, to dancer Eva Wu, who hid secret messages in her hair to...
Your recent article about the impact of the new anti-immigrant agenda on local educational institutions was eye-opening and very discouraging. The United States was founded by immigrants and almost all of us have ancestors who were immigrants. Immigrants enrich our country in so many ways. They are hard working and entrepreneurial; 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Some in this administration are forgetting that the fundamental protections embodied in our Constitution...
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