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Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The two dozen people who attended a March 25 hearing on the state's new rail plan were emphatic about what they wanted: more passenger trains operating more often at times that were useful for travelers. But if the wish list was short, the response to that request for more trains was equally short - “It all depends on funding.” Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) planner Costa Pappis was joined by consultants Joseph Barr, of Boston-based Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Andreas Aeppli,
Puppetry lovers who lean toward R-rated entertainment can catch the Vermont debut of Creemee Dreemee Puppet Slam. “Puppet slam” may call to mind “poetry slam,” but it's different: having grown in popularity over the last few decades, it's an event that gives puppeteers a chance to stretch and experiment with form, content, materials, intent - and do so for mature audiences only. Described as pushing the boundaries of adult puppetry, Creemee Dreemee's 11 slam acts will range from shadow puppets...
ATHENS-A group of morally confused Brattleboro citizens have petitioned onto the March 4 Town Meeting ballot an article asking that Israel be tarred an "apartheid state." While claiming to oppose racism and discrimination, the article's sponsors are blind to the hypocrisy of their choosing to single out only the Jewish state for censure. Context matters. I am confident that most Americans understand the difference between black South Africans, who were segregated from whites based solely upon race, and Palestinians in...
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