DUMMERSTON — Randolph Holhut writes about sports with remarkable precision and imagination.
We also appreciate the balanced tone of his Sports Roundup columns, which are never biased toward a particular team.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran. BRATTLEBORO-Recently,
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
There are no easy, clear-cut solutions for dealing with the ongoing Syrian civil war, the disintegration of the state of Iraq, or the rise of the Sunni extremist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS. Former U.S. diplomat and longtime Kurdish advocate Peter Galbraith of Townshend just returned from the Kurdish regions in Iraq and Syria, and believes that while there are no easy solutions, the current situation in Iraq and Syria could be made a lot worse depending...
University of Vermont professor Major Jackson will read from his new book, “Roll Deep,” and discuss how poetry not only serves as a record of our existence but also enlarges us as human beings, on April 6, at 7 p.m., at Brooks Memorial Library. His talk, “An Evening with Poet Major Jackson,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Jackson is the author of three collections of poetry:
BRATTLEBORO-In protesting the calamities of Trump, we risk becoming indifferent to the plight of Palestinian children. UNICEF reported in May that nearly 71,000 children are experiencing acute malnutrition and among them many are suffering severely. This is only the tip of the iceberg of what is becoming a disastrous famine. In all our rallies and protests we must make it clear that America needs to stop supporting genocide and that protesting the starvation of children is more than a free...
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