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...
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy took some heat this year for endorsing Hillary Clinton's presidential bid rather than the campaign of his Vermont colleague, Sen. Bernie Sanders. But as Leahy on Aug. 1 kicked off his campaign for an eighth term in the Senate, the Democrat and Middlesex resident didn't seem concerned that the presidential turmoil will have any effect on his own re-election effort. “I had a couple people come to me today who were Bernie supporters and say they...
It's been quite a while since The Sweetback Sisters have played a non-Christmas show in Brattleboro. But on Monday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m., at the Stone Church at 210 Main St., they're coming back to town with a new show and a raft of new songs from their latest album. Emily Miller and Zara Bode hail from Brooklyn, N.Y. - not exactly a hotbed of country music. But in the 10 years they've been performing as The Sweetback Sisters,
Let's be crystal clear: Those who promote banning the teaching of the inconvenient truths of American history are existential threats to Vermont's economic prosperity. They would have you believe that we are in the midst of a culture war. Not true - we are in a fight for the lifeblood of a strong, vibrant, and prosperous Vermont economy. To quote James Carville, “It's the economy, stupid!” * * * Over the last 50 years, our nation's consumer base has become...
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