The calendar says spring started on March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family...
BELLOWS FALLS-Happy Spring! Shh, the snow has gone. I am saying this quietly, lest I...
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BRATTLEBORO-It's here: the season of good cheer. With days and nights filled with holiday-themed office...
It may seem like the stuff of fiction, but 50 years ago, before the interstate and internet brought Ben & Jerry and Burlington's Dealer.com, Vermont was such a Republican stronghold, it supported then-President Richard Nixon's reelection by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. “State residents voted true to tradition to give President Nixon an overwhelming victory against Democratic challenger George McGovern,” The Burlington Free Press, then the state's largest print news outlet, reported on its front page of Nov. 8, 1972. Vermonters...
A music-therapy workshop and concert will be presented on Saturday, July 21, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center. According to a news release, this workshop explores the relationship of sound, music, and vibration to the body, mind, and spirit. The approach centers on the belief that the connection between music, art, and healing creates positive change in the individual and in the broader community. Music therapist Ayla Varol Clark, Ph.D., and her colleagues will use the...
For many years, an image has often appeared in my mind, always when I'm disheartened by what I am observing. In the image, a punch-drunk boxer (representing the people of the United States) is standing in the middle of a boxing ring, arm hanging at each side, looking down. The opponent (our government) strikes the left side, and the boxer's head jerks to the right. Then the right side is struck, and the boxer's head swings to the left. This...
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