BRATTLEBORO — It's a sad day when a writer loses a job. I hope Pat Smith and Mike Fahar find meaningful work that will continue to contribute to their community.
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...
After living in Baltimore for 15 years, artists Katie Bachler and Scott Berzofsky have moved back to the Green Mountains and are now running the Avenue Grocery at 82 Western Ave. Though the two have kept the same corner-store vibe the shop has maintained for over 40 years, they are also integrating some changes. While you can still buy a pack of cigarettes, lottery tickets, or the cone of soft-serve ice cream regionally known as a creemee, now customers may...
The writer is a former WSESD board member and current member of the Dummerston Selectboard. DUMMERSTON-Regarding the recent opinion piece by Kurt Daims and his take on the Dummerston School flag debacle, numerous errors need to be addressed. These are errors of logic and basic fact. First, Mr. Daims confuses (with an implied shrug of "so what?") the display of political candidate advertisements on a public school with a civics lesson. The decision by the Dummerston School to hang political...
Adapting his work to the global pandemic, photographer Ezra Distler is creating black-and-white portraits of essential workers. Distler, who has taken “maybe 1,500 or more” portraits of townspeople over the years, had received a grant last year from the Arts Council of Windham County for the Brattleboro Town Arts Fund to continue his work, with a focus on at-risk communities. “I applied in January, and got approved, I think, in February,” he said. “And then in March, everything changed.” Distler...
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