I am a long-time colleague of Starr's and a big fan. Brattleboro has made a brilliant choice! The town will reap rewards for years to come. I wish she were library director in my town.
Congratulations, Starr! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
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...
I do hope you're having a good moment when your eyes meet this column today! We'll be encountering some changeable (and colder) weather as we head toward Thanksgiving. High pressure and a brief warming trend will dominate the Wednesday-through-Saturday period. Thereafter, we will witness a step down in temperatures and an increase in wet (and potentially white) weather Sunday into Monday, at least. With that summary in mind, let's jump into the daily details. For Wednesday, we will be transitioning...
Last week's wreck in Philadelphia showed the need for massive investment in rail infrastructure in America. Instead, one day later, the House of Representatives voted to cut investment in Amtrak in 2016. The argument goes that operator incompetence - “taking a 50-mile-an-hour curve at 102” - caused the wreck, not an infrastructure problem. This makes my head hurt. The curve is there because the right-of-way was laid out 150 years ago. There should be a state-of-the-art right-of-way for a system...
The UMass Percussion Ensemble will perform in the Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Sunday, March 27, at 7 p.m. “We love presenting music in the museum's galleries,” said BMAC director Danny Lichtenfeld, “especially contemporary music that resonates with the contemporary art on our walls.” Ayano Kataoka, the ensemble's director, is a percussionist and marimbist known for her “brilliant and dynamic technique, as well as the elegance and artistry she brings...
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