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.
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...
After months of research, Town Manager Peter B. Elwell presented Selectboard members with his report on increasing diversity in town government and the community. At the Sept. 19 regular Selectboard meeting, Board members unanimously voted to approve Elwell's recommendations for actions to support diversity, inclusion, and equity in Brattleboro. Before they voted, Elwell gave a brief history of how the issue - the lack of racial diversity in municipal staff - came to town officials' attention and the research he...
Vermont PBS presents an exclusive preview screening of The Vietnam War, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St. This free screening event will include a 1-hour preview of all 10 episodes of the documentary, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Robert Tortolani, who was an Army doctor in Vietnam in 1968-69; Dr. Thomas Hoskins, a Quaker who was a doctor in Vietnam for the...
When I moved to Brattleboro almost six years ago, I discovered the West River Trail's lower section, one of the delights that awaited me. It's flat, wide, and mostly shaded, with places along the way where my dog can get into water (or a muddy puddle) to cool off. During this year of COVID-19, use of the West River Trail has increased about 70 percent from 2019. People are staying closer to home and getting outdoors more to maintain some...
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