BRATTLEBORO — The woman you profiled in this piece is brave to share her story. She shows resilience in her comments about wanting to help others.
Hopefully, more help will be available to her from the people who know her and hear about her.
We should all keep our eyes and ears open to what is going on with people around us. Homelessness is a community problem, a social problem, a political problem. And we are all part of the solution.
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On Aug. 4, Town Manager Peter Elwell released an in-depth overview of town operations, a draft document he calls “a to-do list in context.” On its surface, it is a list of 50 action items, such as creating a long-term financial plan to accompany the annual town budget. At a deeper level, the goal of overall long-term stability for the town and its tax rate underscores every item on Elwell's list. “We can be methodical in our planning and stable...
The truth can be ugly, and I was saddened to hear of this horrific deed, murder most foul. In the short 13 months since I have lived in Townshend, there has been a drug overdose death of a mother who leaves behind two small children. There also was a senseless murder/suicide of a young couple. Olga Peters: Keep up the good reporting, and welcome to Townshend.
Marlboro College presents Ensemble Pamplemousse, an innovative composer/performer collective founded in 2003, in concert on Sunday, Sept. 22. Part of the college's Music for a Sunday Afternoon series, the performance will take place at 3 p.m. in Ragle Hall, and is free and open to the public. Ensemble Pamplemousse fuses chamber music, popular music, theater, instrument building, electronics, and video. Over nearly two decades of collaborative work, Pamplemousse has developed into a close-knit group of divergent artistic personalities with “a...
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