BRATTLEBORO — We were lucky to have Paul Cameron around as long as we did.
Enjoy North Carolina, Paul! We'll miss your dedication and kindness!
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
There are 13 candidates on the ballot for the Vermont Democratic Presidential Primary. Only one of those candidates can credit Brattleboro for putting him on the ballot. Mark Stewart Greenstein, a former lawyer who runs Educational Excellence, a college preparation firm in Newington, Conn., knows he has little chance of winning a primary on the home turf of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. But the self-described “Conserva-tarian, Jeffersonian, small-l libertarian” decided to come to Vermont and run in the state's Democratic...
This past August, downtown Brattleboro became the site of 17 temporary murals made by local members of the Afghan-led artist collective known as the ArtLords. Created with support from the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) and in collaboration with the Providence-based public-art group Tape Art, the murals paid homage to ArtLords murals in Kabul that had been destroyed by the Taliban in 2021. The five ArtLords members who reside in Brattleboro-Marwa, Negina, Meetra, Zuhra, and Abdullah-will join other local...
In recent weeks, approximately 8,403 teachers In Vermont have resumed packing their lunches and organized their households, and many dropped off their own children. They're filling our schools with welcome, learning, and perhaps the most formative experiences of a lifetime. We know that this year schools are particularly strapped for licensed teachers, after the depletion of the ranks during the Covid pandemic - and yet, we can feel the pounding of dedicated hearts and minds as another year begins. One...
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