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.
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...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
“The key to having a public disaster team is: nobody ever has to decide whether to evacuate because they are worried about their animals,” said Carolyn Conrad, director of operations at the Windham County Humane Society (WCHS) and treasurer for the newly formed Windham Disaster Animal Response Team (WinDART). There has been no disaster animal response team in Windham County, she said. But that is about to change. WinDART has recent received its charter as a regional operating team of...
Brattleboro School of Dance and Company of Muses bring The Nutcracker back to the New England Youth Theater on Friday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 23, at 1 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 24, at 1 p.m. The cast for Pyotr Tchaikovsky's holiday-themed ballet is composed of students, faculty, and alumni of the town's esteemed dance studio, as well as members of the local community, ranging in age from 6 to over 60 years old. Featured guest...
Thanks for publishing Heidi Watts' poignant and compelling account of the purge of teachers at Putney Central School in 1966 for being “Quakers and communists.” Anyone who knows Heidi - or Anne Fines, another teacher purged from Putney - knows what amazing educators they went on to become. Heidi has, for decades, been helping set up education at Auroville, an intentional community in India. Anne's long career as an educator included creating the SCAMP summer program for pre-K students to...
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