BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
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The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
It takes a lot of work to maintain a holiday tradition for decades, but for nearly a half-century, there has been a community Thanksgiving dinner in town. The 47th edition of this meal will take place from noon to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28 at the St. Michael Catholic School gymnasium on Walnut Street. And it takes dozens of volunteers and generous donations of money and food to support Brattleboro Community Thanksgiving, which serves more than 500 people each...
As reported in The Commons, 11 people aspiring to culinary careers successfully completed the Strolling of the Heifers Farm-to-Plate apprenticeship program and are about to begin new jobs at local food businesses. We would like to be sure that all of the partners who made this possible are given full credit. Major grant support came from the Walmart Foundation, the Procter & Gamble Foundation, and the Sandy River Charitable Foundation. Each of the participants completed an internship at a local...
The Sarasa Ensemble offers two concerts at the Brattleboro Music Center which celebrate the young orphan girls under Vivaldi's tutelage, whose virtuosic talent put the composer's name and the city of Venice on the proverbial map. Performers of “Vivaldi's Orphan Girls: Virtuosi della Pietà” include soprano Kristen Watson; violinists Susanna Ogata, Susannah Foster, and Keats Dieffenbach; Jenny Stirling on the viola; cellists Jennifer Morsches and Timothy Merton; and John McKean on the harpsichord. The all-Vivaldi program will include Sinfonia in...
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