RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The 93rd Harris Hill ski jumping competition had plenty of snow. In fact, it had too much snow. A Saturday night storm left about 5 inches of snow, and volunteers on Sunday morning had to scramble to clear the hill of the new-fallen fluff. A power outage caused by a fallen tree on Riverside Drive also threw organizers a curve. Add gusty winds and bitter cold, and it was a tough day for spectators and competitors alike for Sunday's Fred...
Next Stage Arts at 15 Kimball Hill will present Bold Women, Brazen Acts on March 17, at 7:30 p.m., in honor of Women's History Month. Admission is $12 suggested donation at the door. Bold Women, Brazen Acts is based on That Takes Ovaries! Bold Females and their Brazen Acts, conceived and edited by Rivka Solomon. It is produced by writer, journalist, workshop leader, and speaker Elayne Clift, and co-directed by Rebecca Waxman. The play features Nan Mann and Nancy Stephens...
I have served in the House of Representatives since 2015 as an elected independent for rural communities here in southern Vermont. While our state is full of innovators and cutting-edge businesses, it is the scenic farms and villages, rural startups and arts culture, trails and smallness of places like our Deerfield towns, that Vermonters identify with, that comfort us and that beckon to new Vermonters. But our rural communities have fallen behind in our demographics and economy and our physical...
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