SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
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...
“World peace and friendship is not just the work of politicians; it is the work of everyday people and the founding principle of the Peace Corps,” says Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn, visiting Brattleboro from her office's home base in Washington D.C. this past Saturday. “It is also very much a founding principle of the School for International Training (SIT) and World Learning,” said Spahn, who became the leader of the Peace Corps in 2021 as an appointee of the...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present roots and world music quintet The Gaslight Tinkers at Next Stage on Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. The Gaslight Tinkers' mix of sound includes global rhythms, traditional New England old timey, and celtic fiddle music organizers call "joyful [...] merging boundless positive energy with melody and song." Band members draw from their extensive musical backgrounds, they say, and "craft a sound that brings world traditions together." Since its formation in 2012,
One night in February 2020, a homeless man in Bennington went to sleep under a bridge. He had a voucher to spend the night in a Motel 6 miles down the road, but he didn't have a ride to get there. It was 4 degrees outside. Thierry Heuga died that night. The next day would have been his 58th birthday. I mourned Thierry's shortened life, the disappearance of his laughing eyes and kind heart. I mourned this dire issue in...
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