BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for having ears for this story, and the wherewithal to share it with us all.
We are headed into what seems to be a hard winter in a land of hard winters. We have to talk about the homeless in our midst.
And do something.
Meg Mott, Ph.D. is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself...
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
Panhandling. Begging. Asking for donations. Regardless of the terminology, asking people for money has remained a hot-button issue for the community. From conversations at Selectboard meetings to special community discussions about the topic to printed booklets, everyone has an opinion. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union weighed in. As part of a national campaign, the Vermont chapter sent letters to six Vermont towns with anti-begging ordinances on the books. At stake for the ACLU: towns potentially infringing of people's First...
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.-I'm a flatlander now, and when I drive into town without my old green license plates, I am sometimes treated as such. But I still love my hometown and so many of the people in it. Seeing the hardships the area has faced during the past few years has been painful. That's why I am alarmed that one of your most progressive legislative champions, State Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, who has been endorsed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, is being...
On April 7 and 8, the Vermont Jazz Center will present a music festival including eight concerts and five educational presentations on solo jazz piano. The Solo Jazz Piano Fest is a celebration of the Steinway D, nine-foot concert grand piano given to the Center by the McKenzie Family Charitable Trust and rebuilt by piano technician Bill Ballard. The Center is now the only venue in New England that supports a festival devoted exclusively to the art of solo jazz-piano...
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