BRATTLEBORO — I hope we can encourage Opal Robinson to get back into her writing or her art - it is therapeutic.
My hope is that the bullying in the local schools will somehow be stopped.
So glad she's home safe. Good luck to her and the family.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
BRATTLEBORO-With wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza, plus a very uncertain presidential race in the United States, the Windham World Affairs Council's annual Galbraith Lecture featured a wide-ranging and candid discussion that touched on Afghanistan, Cuba, Ukraine, the Leahy Amendment as it applies to Hamas and Israel, and other hot foreign policy issues. "A Meeting of the Minds: Peter Galbraith and Tim Rieser Discuss What Lies Ahead - U.S. Foreign Policy Today and After the Election" featured two long-time insiders:
It's no surprise to Vermonters that our agricultural economy has been in free fall for more than 30 years. There've been some times during that fall that our rate of speed has been reduced due to assistance by the market or state and federal government. But there's no denying that the data collected and the barns we see in disrepair as we drive our muddy roads show us that whatever government has been doing in agriculture ain't working. At the...
The Brattleboro Music Center's EOS (Educate, Open, Strengthen) Project presents "Untethered, Music for Violin and Cello," on Sunday, Feb. 25, at the BMC. The 4 p.m. concert will feature music for unaccompanied violin and cello, exploring themes of connectedness. Audience members are invited to bring a sketch pad to draw or color during the performance. Performing will be Heather Sommerlad on violin and Julie Carew on cello. Works will include "Three Question Marks" by Eric Lacy, "Shades for Cello" by...
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