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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...
BRATTLEBORO-In the predawn hours of Nov. 7, a fire tore through the abandoned remains of the former Sportsmen's Lounge on Canal Street. The incident quickly gained attention for more than the dramatic photos and videos of the burning building circulating on social media,as the blaze disrupted electricity, internet, and landline telephone service, leaving residents and businesses experiencing the stark reality of disconnection in an increasingly connected world. "It actually burnt the power line off and melted all the communication lines...
Marlboro College will host a five-part series of talks, from July 5 to Aug, 2, providing facts and understanding on the current refugee situation in the U.S. The series, “Refugees in the USA Today: Gaining Some Perspective,” runs concurrently with Marlboro's MAT in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages summer residency, but is open to the public. “There are more than 65 million displaced people in the world today, yet only a small percentage of these are 'resettled,'” Beverley...
I met Nader Hashim several years ago when he ran for Windham-4 state representative, but I had seen him around the community for years. He would regularly stop into the Putney Food Co-op at the end of his shift as a Vermont state trooper, still wearing his uniform. He was always smiling and pleasant, always infinitely calm. Nader had a great impact on me as the mother of two Pakistani American children. When Nader ran for state rep, I could...
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