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.
Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...
Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...
BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...
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BRATTLEBORO-Local activists are gearing up for a downtown march and rally on April 5, part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration. "This mass mobilization day is our message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies," organizers wrote in a news release. "Alongside Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, and protesting to demand a stop the chaos and...
On Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m., the Vermont Jazz Center kicks off its 2021–22 concert season with a bang by presenting the vibrant organ trio of Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, and Bill Stewart, called “the best organ [trio] of the last decade” by The New York Times in 2007. Catching this top-level band here is a rare experience; this concert has been three years in the planning and postponed twice due to the pandemic. The Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Organ Trio have...
BRATTLEBORO-It has been reported that our elected leaders are in the midst of addressing the issue of public behavior. Persons who presumably exhibit "good" behavior are attempting to define "bad" behavior. Once that is completed, various signs are to be produced and posted in key areas around town especially where "bad" behavior often takes place. As a sort of summary invocation, not categorizing types of said behaviors, would be signs merely urging that one treat others with kindness and respect.
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