The only thing I don't believe, Susan Odegard, is that you are not an accomplished person. Wow - you have found beauty in yourself and the world and have articulated it so well.
Thanks for this gift of an article.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Back on home turf for one final “lunch with the governor” event, Gov. Peter Shumlin got an honorary Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce membership and a chance to defend his six-year record as the state's chief executive. Speaking April 11 at American Legion Post 5 in Brattleboro, the Putney native touted accomplishments in economic development, energy, education, health care, and agriculture. He said he has served in “a remarkable time” and hasn't “shied away from the tough fights.” Shumlin addressed...
I just finished reading Tim Wessel's absurd Viewpoint, and I am aghast. He bemoans the lack of condemnation of Hamas at protests here in Brattleboro. Now, what can that be likened to? Back when slavery was still a thing here in the United States, occasionally there would be slave revolts. Sometimes these revolts would end in the death of a vicious slave owner. So when abolitionists protest slavery, I guess they also ought to condemn the enslaved for daring to...
Latchis Arts presents jazz vocalist Kendra Shank in the Circle of Love Benefit Concert for Groundworks Collaborative on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Hailed as “a supremely skilled vocalist” (The New York Times) with a “delectable voice” (Time), Shank has headlined at festivals, concerts, and clubs around the world. She combines jazz originals, standards, world music, French chansons, folk/pop songs, and improvisation in an adventurous style that inspired jazz great Abbey Lincoln to call her “an original; a singer...
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