PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
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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...
Local real estate agents honored BRATTLEBORO - Better Homes & Gardens The Masiello Group recently held its Annual Awards Reception for 2015 at Labelle Winery in Amherst, N.H. The top real estate agents from all of Masiello's 32 offices throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine were recognized for their exceptional service representing buyers and sellers this past year. Two agents in the Brattleboro office were among those receiving top honors. Out of more than 600 agents company-wide, Darlene Conca...
Repeat after me: “suicide.” I intentionally write the word in capital letters, and place it in quotes, because so many of us find the word extremely difficult to see and to say. And yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified suicide as an epidemic in the U.S., with rates having reached a 30-year peak since they began to climb in 1999. Why are we so afraid to talk about suicide? It's not as if the media...
The Brattleboro Music Center has taken a big step toward a long-awaited move to its new home, according to a news release. On July 8, the Center officially took ownership of the former Winston Prouty campus on Guilford Street, across from Living Memorial Park. Renovation and expansion work will soon begin to create a facility to better accommodate staff, faculty and students, and the center's performance and education programs. “Purchasing the former Winston Prouty campus is a historic moment and...
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