Brattleboro is getting a shining Starr who has led, inspired, and ignited Building Brighter Futures for Broome, an agency that offers early childhood literacy strategies and supports!
Thank you, Starr LaTronica, for sharing your gifts and passion!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The appearance of a Nazi flag flying in front of a private residence in the center of town has prompted the Selectboard to issue a statement condemning the act. After residents and concerned people from neighboring towns brought the matter before the Selectboard at its Oct. 12 meeting, Chair Sherwood Lake Jr. wrote in an Oct. 21 email to The Commons that “a commitment was made by the board to address the concerns presented in the situation and hate-based behavior...
“New England Youth Theatre wants to collaborate more with local artists,” says Elissa Bhanti, public relations coordinator for NEYT. Without knowing that, local puppeteer Jana Zeller says she was recently brainstorming “how to use my set-painting skills to earn money,” and cold-called Sandy Klein, creative director at NEYT. “I showed her my portfolio,” says Zeller. It worked. Klein hired Zeller for the position of scenic artist for the theater's upcoming production of “Little Women,” the play adapted from Louisa May...
The Trump administration has brought into stark relief the true lack of morality of the Republican party. The transformation from an organization supported decades ago by members of the Moral Majority to one that acts more like the mob than a governing party has been supercharged under the leadership of the current president. This is fascinating. I think I might not be so different from many on the left: I do not believe in God, and I do not go...
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