A love story. Breathing new life into unusual, forgotten properties is a gift for all.
May the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's purchase inspire others to treasure history and not rebuild so fast. Thank you for sharing this piece.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
One of the more interesting moments at Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday was learning that the town office has bats in its attic. Residents easily - and unanimously - voted $1,500 to mitigate the problem. Speaking of flying things, close to 150 Dummerston residents flipped the bird at the COVID-19 coronavirus and came out for Town Meeting at Dummerston School, almost the same number that came out last year when there was no worldwide pandemic panic or school board budget...
The Vermont Jazz Center presents Eugene Uman's Convergence Project on Saturday, June 9, at 8 p.m. Uman, the director of the VJC, uses the Convergence Project as a vehicle to present his original compositions and music that has influenced him. It includes Wanda Houston, vocals; Michael Zsoldos, saxophones; Jeff Galindo, trombone; Uman, piano; David Picchi, bass (electric and acoustic); and Jon Fisher on drums. There will also be surprise musical guests performing at this event. After many musically formative years...
Some thoughts: • Kim Jong-un knows we are not going to initiate a nuclear war with North Korea. • And he is not going to initiate a war with us. He knows the consequences for him would be catastrophic. • In fact, the purpose of his nuclear weapons and saber-rattling is not to defend North Korea from us. It's to distract his oppressed people from their oppression. Our bellicose reaction is his script. • Even if his nuclear weapons were...
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