Thanks for an excellent profile, and thanks to Bill McKibben for his powerful thought leadership and inspiring activism on this most important of issues.
I'm active on this issue in part today because of McKibben's original New Yorker articles, which made an indelible impression.
We are all in his debt.
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...
At almost 90 years old, Verne Bristol's heart and his memories are still very much with Rescue Inc., the organization he and 13 other men founded in Brattleboro in 1966. What does Bristol, a former president of the nonprofit and a town resident, think of the town's desire to allow the Brattleboro Fire Department to ultimately take over Rescue Inc.'s responsibilities? “I'm sure our new town manager is a smart man and was hired with good reason,” Bristol says, referencing...
Ninety members of the Vermont House of Representatives have united to overturn Roe v. Wade, which states: “[A]ppellant and some amici argue that the woman's right is absolute and that she is entitled to terminate her pregnancy at whatever time, in whatever way, and for whatever reason she alone chooses. With this we do not agree.” Representing Vermonters, this House majority are cosponsoring H.57, “An act relating to preserving the right to abortion,” which states: “A fertilized egg, embryo, or...
On Sunday, Dec. 17, TubaChristmas brings together local players of valved low brass instruments, including the tuba and euphonium (also known as a baritone horn), to rehearse and perform Christmas carols specially arranged in four parts. The public is invited to a culminating concert and sing-along in the church sanctuary of the First Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave. at 3 p.m. TubaChristmas events take place in over 300 cities throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Retired Brattleboro...
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