Having had a musical education myself, I found Laura Stevenson's explanation of her adjustment to a cochlear implant very informative.
What patience is required for a mother to help a child who has received a CI to learn to hear.
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...
Charles Raubicheck and Peg Alden are the newest members of the Selectboard following the April 26 special election. The vote came after annual meeting voters agreed to add two members to the former three-member panel - a change put on the ballot by citizen petition. Alden, who won a one-year seat with 369 votes, ran against Laura Campbell (28 votes), Bryce Hodson (63 votes), and Parry Smith-Phillips (39 votes). Raubicheck vied with Elizabeth Warner for a two-year seat, wining 364-128.
A lot could be done to reuse and repurpose part of Experienced Goods' mountain of fabric. It would take many volunteers and donated space (say, on weekends), and it could be an educational, community project that could possibly be considered a part of permaculture. I'd be glad to brainstorm, but we need some young, energetic people.
“We all have a funny little map in our head that divides the world into home and away.” The speaker in Will Eno's one-character play Title and Deed is a recent arrival on our shores, disoriented from culture shock and homesickness, and he is struggling to illuminate both sides of that map with a torrent of words: absurd, tragic, stinging, hilarious words. The original New York production of Title and Deed was on the “10 best plays” lists for 2012...
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