Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
The New England Marathon Paddlesport Championships is set to return to its Vermont roots with this Sunday's launch of nearly 100 canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, and surf skis onto the Connecticut River. The event, started four decades ago in Putney, most recently took place in Westmoreland, N.H., until organizers there retired. “It's a big, popular race - we had to find a way to continue it,” says Sandy Harris, who is helping the Bellows Falls Rotary organize the 41st...
I'm amazed, and ironically happy, to report that on Labor Day I witnessed a “George Floyd–type incident” in Brattleboro, Vermont. Ironically happy because, as far as I could tell, any injury to the suspect or police officer involved were minor. So why do I compare it to what happened to George Floyd? Let me explain. Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on Brattleboro's Town Common at noon on Labor Day to give a speech which focused on describing and promoting the $3.5...
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 6 to 10 p.m., the downtown arts venue Epsilon Spires continues its Food System Series of film screenings and pop-up dinners presented in partnership with the local organic microgreen farm Grateful Greens. This installment features a four-course dinner of regional, sustainably produced ingredients by the Brattleboro-based caterer Forage & Flourish, followed by a showing of the 2020 documentary Kiss the Ground. “My vision for this series is to bring awareness to what is going on...
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