Thank you for sharing this story full of tears and love. I am happy for the happy ending.
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...
As a CD plays Michael Jackson in the background, kids living at Morningside Shelter, their families, and Morningside staff circle around the kitchen of the Brattleboro Food Co-op's community room. The diners pile plates with lasagna, pizza, salad, and cookies all prepared by approximately 10 kids currently living at Morningside. Kids participating in the cooking class held a dinner party for family and friends at the co-op on May 6. Mariska, 4, one of the kids in the Morningside cooking...
Most sensible people realize that when someone is seriously wounded, you must stop the bleeding before dealing with the actual cause of the wound, or else the victim is likely to die. As recently occurred in Florida, the blood of our children is being shed while we adults debate the causes and prevention strategies. Improved background checks, competency and mental-health requirements, school-safety drills, family-unit revitalization, and spiritual renewal are all worth considering, but we've been studying this issue since Columbine...
Main Street Arts (MSA) will show the work of Collin Leech starting on Saturday, Nov. 28, and running through Dec. 28. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Dec. 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Leech studied painting at the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in New York City and later at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1993, after moving to Vermont, she began teaching classes at the River Gallery School, where she continues to...
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