BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Elizabeth Taylor couldn't come - mainly because she died in 2011. But her exquisitely carved, pink peacock cameo earrings were for sale on Main Street in Brattleboro for just one day last week. And Jerry Lee Lewis couldn't come either - the bad boy of rockabilly piano isn't dead yet, but he may be too old to travel. Or maybe he just doesn't care that his 1950s-era ID bracelet, with “Jerry Lee Lewis” inscribed on it, was also up for...
I asked for my father's MAGA hat, from among the other pieces of his life that we kids were helping Mom clear out of their closet. My father and I loved each other, despite the flaws we shared. Chief among those is stubbornness. A second is the desire to debate politics - hotly and loudly, too often. A third is the tendency towards pessimism. On Jan. 5, before vaccines were widely available and despite the fact my parents took Covid...
Yellow Barn continues into the second week of its 49th anniversary season with concerts on Thursday and Friday nights in the Big Barn, followed by an all-day tribute to violinist Robert Mann that includes a film at Next Stage and dinner at the Gleanery, plus a morning masterclass and evening concert at the Big Barn. Audience members are invited to attend any of these events, or group them together for a full celebration. On July 14, Yellow Barn honors Robert...
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