This letter essentially argues that taxing the rich will hurt the poor.
Of course! It's long been wise to let the bullies bully and let the thieves steal.
Anything thing else is dangerous optimism.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
It's a “happy coincidence of opportunity, needs, and values,” as School for International Training (SIT) President Sophia Howlett called it. SIT has a mostly empty campus these days. Meanwhile, the people who are helping to resettle Afghan evacuees in southern Vermont needed a short-term place for them to stay and begin the transition to life in a new country. And thus has grown an innovative idea that may become a model for future collaborations between other educational institutions and refugee...
I noticed some text in this article that I, as a woman, found annoying at best and at worst, disturbing, considering the emphasis on the history of women being excluded from these events. To include pertinent details for one athlete while omitting them for another is a subtle, yet powerful, way to imply that one athlete's achievement holds a higher value than another. My case in point is in the second paragraph: "The winner in the Men's Open class was...
Print Town, Brattleboro's Legacy of Words, a product of the Brattleboro Words Project, has won the Indie Next Generation Award for Best Overall Design-Nonfiction and is also a finalist in the Historical Nonfiction Award category, given by the Independent Book Publishers Association, the largest publishing trade organization in the United States. The book was designed by James F. Brisson, edited by Michael Fleming, with Stephanie Greene serving as Art Editor. It was printed by Howard Printing, Inc. in Brattleboro. More...
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