BROOKLINE — Thank you, Becca Balint, for sharing your grandfather's words. It is beyond sad that such a kind, thoughtful man was murdered in Austria years ago, yet this hateful energy is still alive today.
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...
Anyone hoping for Shin La's yaki mandu dumplings in 2019 is likely out of luck. After almost 40 years of business, the restaurant's owner, Yisoon Kim, served her last customers on Dec. 31, 2018. But maybe not for good, she said. Last week, said Kim, a “young man, 30 years old, from New York City, came in to eat” and expressed interest in buying the restaurant. Kim said he still has to find a lawyer in Vermont, and his New...
I felt for Joe Biden when referring to the attempted coup and he said, “This is not who we are.” The newly elected president was trying to offer a stunned majority of Americans some false hope of normality. But, this dark side, this destructive fascistic impulse, has always been with us. Of course it's who we are. The historical evils of the past that now define our political present in the form of sedition and treason we saw in the...
We may think of Russia as the cold, frozen wasteland of Dr. Zhivago, but the Windham Orchestra's upcoming Russia is “exotic, warm, and fantastical,” according to a news release. The concert, which spotlights richly textured works of two renowned Russian composers, is set for Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre on Main Street. Acknowledging that almost daily news headlines have focused our attention on Russia in recent months, Windham Orchestra Musical Director Hugh Keelan said in...
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