BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for painting a quick sketch of Charles Monette, who, after 19 years, is once again presenting his artistic work on the stage. I look forward to seeing “Becoming van Gogh.”
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
VT Dinners, the locally-sourced prepared-food company, recently changed its distribution model. The company's line of ready-to-heat, vegetarian meals is now available in stores. VT Dinners, produced in the Winston Prouty School's community kitchen, uses fresh Vermont vegetables and dairy products from Harlow Farm, Old Athens Farm, Thomas Dairy, Grafton Village Cheese Company, and Maple Brook Creamery, processing them into frozen meals. The name is a rearranging of “TV dinners,” co-founder Nathaniel Brooks said. Although VT Dinners started with the CSA...
Award-winning watercolorist Robert O'Brien of Perkinsville offers a winter landscape painting workshop at Main Street Arts on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop will cover watercolor techniques used to capture New England's snow, including glazing, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, color mixing, perspective and color, use of color, value study, and composition. O'Brien (www.robertjobrien.com) also will address value patterns and their importance in a composition, the use of light and shadow, and the dry brush technique.
Over the course of the past few years, the town of Brattleboro has seen an unfortunate rise in addiction and poverty, affecting many of our lives. We at the Co-op have experienced this firsthand, as addiction has deeply affected our staff, family, and friends. The experience of walking in downtown Brattleboro is not unlike that in many other towns and cities. From Greenfield to Burlington to Bennington, we are seeing and feeling the same effects of an economic, political, and...
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