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.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Dan Yates, president and CEO of Brattleboro Savings and Loan, serves as a member of the Taxation and Regulation Subcommittee of the state's Marijuana Commission, which is looking into legalizing marijuana in Vermont. I find it fascinating. When we talk about legalizing marijuana - and it does look like the state is moving in that direction - we pay attention to very important things like impairment and prevention and regulation. But for Yates, who is heading up a bank, he...
I spent the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur doing a practice called Tashlikh, where you go to the river or other body of water and throw in bread; though I threw sticks, rocks, and leaves so as not to disrupt the water source. In my Jewish community, the tradition is that as you throw, you think of something that you need to let go of and you ask “god” - or the river, or whatever you believe...
Epsilon Spires will host “A Celebration of Black Girlhood and Womanhood through Films, Poetry, Food, and Chocolate” on Friday, July 16 and Sunday, July 18 in the Backlot Cinema, the venue's outdoor theater. The multidisciplinary event will feature four poets from around New England, two film screenings, and custom chocolates (complimentary on the 16th) created by Tavernier Chocolates in response to the poems of one participating poet, Shanta Lee Gander. Antidote Books of Putney will have non-alcoholic specialty drinks for...
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