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.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Three artists will look to reconnect the community with the Connecticut River through a multimedia place-making project. From the River, to the River was selected as one of 13 projects considered by a six-member committee as part of the town's National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant application process. The three artists - Andrea Wasserman, Elizabeth Billings, and Evie Lovett - will have access to $56,000 for the project with $50,000 from the NEA and the remainder from additional...
In the contested election for Putney Selectboard, I will be voting for Aileen Chute - who has been serving on the Putney Selectboard as chair. I periodically attend Selectboard meetings for my work or as a resident of Putney. I have been consistently impressed with how Aileen runs meetings. She is fair, balanced, dedicated to following process, and firm in her oversight of the meeting flow. On multiple occasions that I have witnessed, Aileen has started the meeting with a...
“Nuclear Family,” an exhibit of new work by Amy Bennett on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center through June 16, features small paintings that tackle large topics, including marriage, child rearing, and female identity. The smallest painting in the exhibit, “Problem Child,” is less than 3 inches high and 4 1/2 inches wide. In it, a girl stands near the center of a messy room, her back to the viewer, as a small fire burns in the corner.
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