BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
At his May 1 press conference, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced additional loosening of the COVID-19 stay-home orders. But even if businesses are allowed to reopen, will people feel safe enough (or have enough money) to patronize them? Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), said the trick will be providing businesses enough support so they can hang on until the economy fully reopens. Pieciak, a former Brattleboro resident who has headed the agency since 2016, spoke...
An open letter to Bernie Sanders: On March 31, you tweeted: “The killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces in Gaza is tragic. It is the right of all people to protest for a better future without a violent response.” The situation in Gaza is of the utmost urgency as the conditions on the ground continue to deteriorate and as peaceful demonstrators are killed and injured by the Israeli state. We agree with you that the United States should call...
Curator Karen Wilkin discusses the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) exhibition “Figuration Never Died: New York Painterly Painting, 1950-1970” on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m., via Zoom and Facebook Live. On view at BMAC through Feb. 14, 2021, “Figuration Never Died” highlights a generation of New York artists who absorbed the lessons of abstract expressionism but never abandoned figurative painting. The exhibit features work by 10 artists: Robert De Niro Sr., Lois Dodd, Jane Freilicher, Paul Georges, Grace...
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