BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Town officials, school staff, substance abuse prevention experts, and community members gathered with local lawmakers for a breakfast meeting at the Townshend Church - one that started with an invite from West River Valley Thrives to discuss zoning and marijuana policy. As the group gathered over coffee and muffins, the conversation soon shifted to how the Legislature builds policy and the need for sustained, flexible prevention funding. State Reps. Kelly Pajala, I-Londonderry, Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, and Emily Long, D-Newfane, joined...
It's hard to fathom the idea that Christopher Columbus is still honored with a holiday, given what we know about his actions against indigenous populations. After quite a bit of recent scholarship on the subject, we know that Columbus ordered his men to cut the hands from Taino people who did not return with gold for the European invaders. We know that Columbus immediately set out to create a system of enslavement in the Caribbean. We know that within a...
On Friday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m., In Stile Moderno returns to Brattleboro with their new program, “Curious and Modern Inventions: Novelties, Oddities, and the Birth of the Baroque,” at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Following up on their acclaimed performance in January, this group of young early music specialists will showcase their energetic and modern take on 17th-century music. The concert will be the first of three in the ensemble's 2018-19 season, with further performances in...
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