Certainly, Vermont should not be adding a dirty-fossil-fuel plant! How about a solar facility with non-toxic aqueous battery storage instead?
Keep moving forward. Don't backslide!
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Madeleine Kunin still fields calls about serving in the last millennium as Vermont's first and so far only female governor, and later as deputy U.S. education secretary and ambassador to her birthplace of Switzerland. But, now retired, the Democratic politico turned published poet would rather wrestle with more present, personal questions. At summer's end, green leaves, shake themselves red with excitement. Same as last year, still a surprise. Each day must decide before it reveals itself - Will it still...
We thank everyone who helped make Vermont Theatre Company's recent amazing production of Macbeth a wonderful success. It was the perfect way to mark VTC's 30th Shakespeare in the Park and to celebrate the end of its 35th season. We know that community theater is at its best when driven by community members with a strong desire to do the hard work it takes to create a show, bring it to life, and delight audiences. We were fortunate to have...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Julian Gerstin Sextet will perform at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. Gerstin has spent a lifetime playing music of the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. - funk, R&B, and jazz. He's lived and studied in Martinique, Cuba, and Ghana, mastering dozens of percussion instruments and hundreds of traditional rhythms. On a given song you might hear him playing congas, jawbone, an enormous beaded shaker, or the tanbou...
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