BRATTLEBORO — Well said.
As one who was close with Jeremiah, it's hard to keep in mind that his ending his life was his choice and not the result of something that I neglected to do or say.
Giving someone validation that they still matter can go a long way. This needs to be a much larger conversation regarding mental health and addiction.
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Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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Having absorbed heavy criticism in recent weeks, the current and potential owners of Vermont Yankee are defending their plans to decommission the Vernon nuclear plant. In more than 130 pages of documents filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, attorneys for Entergy and NorthStar Group Services use phrases like “bald assertions,” “unfounded claims” and “pure speculation” to describe concerns raised by Vermont officials and the New England Coalition. And they argue that NorthStar, which wants to buy the plant from Entergy...
In the relentless struggle to erase Western civilization - and history itself - our Republican governor has signed into law the end of Columbus Day in Vermont, replacing it with Indigenous Peoples' Day. In other words, the only valid way to think of Christopher Columbus - a studious, well-read man - is that he conquered and hurt indigenous people. That's it. And how dare he spread the Word of God from Europe itself in the process of experiencing the Golden...
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Theatre Company will present Cyrano at Retreat Farm on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 3 and 4, as part of their Children's Classics at the Farm series. Additional performances will be held at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7. All performances will begin at 6 p.m. This is rescheduled from the original August performance dates at Retreat Farm. Cyrano tells the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, France's greatest poet and swordsman.
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