I am so sorry to lose Pat Smith. She was the voice of the Reformer for me, and always helpful.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The former factory building at 33 Bridge Street is about to get more artistic. Beginning in April, the long-time home of community radio station WOOL-FM, Sherwin Art Glass, and Charlie Hunter Fine Art will count Stage 33 Live as a tenant. Stage 33 Live, a radio-television-web variety show, features regional performers and presenters offering music, theater, performance, academic, and spoken-word events. The organization is a registered nonprofit, and the Board of Directors consists of Gail Golec, Daniel Hartigan, and Mark...
Fabric, clay, and mixed media artist Sharon Myers will present an exhibit of her latest work, “The Wedding Gown Project,” on Sunday, April 19, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the C.F. Church building on 90 Flat St. (look for door 7). Myers is pursuing an MFA at Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunk, Maine, and the exhibit is her master's thesis project. Although she has been a quilter and weaver for many years, Myers has said she wanted to...
My knowledge of the Israel/Hamas situation is superficial at best. While I know some about the history and some about the current situation, I have never studied it in any depth. My own DNA has no Jewish or Palestinian percentages. Over 18 years ago I did marry into a secular Jewish family, and I have certainly come to know their stories of escape from Nazi Germany and Nazi Austria in the late 1930s. Regarding the history of violent conflict in...
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