I've been turning the pages of On the Breath of Song with tears and smiles and the deep appreciation for the voices. The gift of song that goes straight to the heart.
Thank you, Hallowell Singers, and thank you, thank you, Kathy Leo, for your deep knowing, for your big heart, and for sharing your beautiful words.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Frank Wadelton - also known as “Frank the Welder” - will soon move his Granger Street bicycle fabrication shop a few yards to the south. These plans are in response to a business need - he needs more manufacturing space, a showroom, and an office - and what Wadelton deems an economic and cultural need: an “adventure center” for electric-assist bicycle rentals and guides to local trails. Wadelton wants to make Bellows Falls an electric-bicycle destination. in 2006, Frank the...
Aug. 14 is the date for the primary election in Vermont. Patrick Gilligan is seeking the Republican nomination for state representative representing Guilford and Vernon. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond his control; Patrick was unable to complete the petition process to have his name placed on the ballot. He is asking you to request a Republican ballot and write his name in for the state representative position. I, too, am asking that you take a Republican ballot and with your...
Sky Hopinka's new film, maɬni - towards the ocean, towards the shore (2020), will begin screening in Epsilon Spires Virtual Cinema on Friday, April 9. A viewing link can be found at epsilonspires.org. The film (whose title is pronounced “moth-nee”) centers on Chinookan cosmology and the unfolding life transitions of its subjects, Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier. As described in a news release: “Sweetwater is pregnant and Jordan is awaiting the imminent birth of his second child. From these critical...
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