VERNON — In our world today, there is not enough water for everyone because some people are polluting water and others are taking water for themselves to sell it in bottles.
No one should own the water. It should be free for everybody.
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...
Living Memorial Park has been around for nearly 70 years and is a beloved part of the town's life. In recent years, however, that love hasn't extended to making long-term improvements to facilities at the park. The result, according to Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte, is that some of its most popular venues - the Nelson Withington Skating Facility, its two softball diamonds, and the Kiwanis Picnic Shelter, among them - need upgrades. And they need them sooner rather...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought that the world would be smarter the next time the Jews were singled out after having seen and understood World War II. Apparently CCM Holland Mills missed that lesson. His use of modern tropes and lies and libel rival his prose and alliteration in scope and number. Good luck to the human condition. Eileen Hayes Arama West Townshend This letter to the editor was submitted...
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus spring session will begin the last week of February, and all women age 10 and over are invited to join. The theme of the music this spring will be “The Road Home.” The first rehearsals are Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at All Souls Church, or Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Brattleboro Music Center. These are open rehearsals, and singers are welcome to check out whether chorus is...
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