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.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Strolling of the Heifers' successful farm and food business accelerator, Windham Grows, is in full swing with its third cohort. The current group of entrepreneurs, who started the program in July, are from all over the Northeast. In its first 18 months, Windham Grows mentored 13 Windham County businesses. The combined scale of the program's first phase equates to the 13th largest employer in the county with 150 employees, over $500,000 in outside investments, and 30 new jobs to the...
No popcorn needed, thanks. In Kevin O'Keefe's opening paragraphs of his essay, he seems to exhaust a lot of words trying to psychoanalyze President Donald Trump, as if the president were a character in a play. Mr. O'Keefe's experiences as a performer in developing the gestures and posture of a character that a playwright has already delineated in a script, in my opinion, do not directly apply to real people, even less to a man he has never personally known...
What have Putney artists seen and recorded, inspired by the Connecticut River? The Putney Public Library will have an answer to that question in a new show to be up during the months of February and March. Twelve artists are contributing paintings, photographs, and etchings to a collective exhibit that expresses their response to the stately Connecticut ("Long River” in Abenaki) in various seasons. It is a river that Putney borders but doesn't directly experience without an intentional visit, as...
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