BRATTLEBORO — Shela Linton has always been awesome for Brattleboro. She wants to empower other people.
In light of this kind of commitment, activism becomes clear as humanitarianism.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
The town has furloughed three employees in the Parking Enforcement Department and a fourth employee has returned to the Recreation & Parks Department. Members of the Selectboard and town staff provided that news during an update on the town's response to the pandemic at the April 7 board meeting, the second of what will likely be many online meetings since Governor Phil Scott's “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order took effect. Town Manager Peter Elwell informed the audience that most town...
Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed will speak at the Latchis Theatre on Tuesday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m., in celebration of Brattleboro Area Hospice's 40th anniversary. A Wild Life: Growing Through Life's Challenges is an evening of inspiration, wisdom, and storytelling with Strayed, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, a book that inspired Oprah Winfrey to revive the tremendously popular Oprah's Book Club and Reese Witherspoon to bring Wild...
I have given clothing to Experienced Goods for many years and have always been a responsible donor. I have donated items for reasons good and bad and everything in between. I might have gotten a new job and found out that my previous work wardrobe didn't mesh with my new position. Or less happily, due to an aging metabolism, I might have discovered the zipper that wouldn't go all the way to the top or the button that wouldn't quite...
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