BRATTLEBORO — Aww! After all these years eating at the Chelsea Royal Diner, it's so sweet to know the story. I wish I had known it earlier on! I know where we're going out next!
Beautiful writing, Wendy M. Levy!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Between organizing the polls, working with volunteers, and tabulating votes, elections are always a busy time for town clerks. To say this year is even busier is probably an understatement. For the 2020 presidential election, the Vermont Secretary of State's office mailed ballots to all registered voters. From there, voters could return them via the U.S. Postal Service, drop them at their town offices, or wait until Nov. 3 to vote in person. Many of Windham County's town clerks, and...
At sundown on Friday, June 30, the Backlot Cinema at Epsilon Spires will present the fabled combination of Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon played at the same time as the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz - producing unexpected synchronicities that have spurred decades of conspiracy theories about whether Pink Floyd intentionally created their album as a soundtrack to the film. To enhance the experience even further, the version of The Wizard of Oz that will be...
There is no end to the demand for new programs or additional or upgraded infrastructure in our community. A lot of the proposals can be very desirable but lack funding. In pursuit of funding, advocates routinely target people categorized as having the “ability to pay.” Who are these people with the “ability to pay,” and how did they get it? While there is certainly a very small number of people in this community who got it handed to them, I...
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