BRATTLEBORO — I would like to teach you about farming.
I have to say: Kids pick our food. Farm owners spray pesticides on the food. The pesticides make kids sick.
People who work in this profession should get $4 to $20 per bucket or bag.
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Hopefully you're having a nice, relaxing moment as you sit down to read this column today. In fact, chances are it will be quite mild when you do, which for most is a spirit lifter, indeed. Winter has faded into the background for now, as Arctic air is locked up in northern Canada and the Arctic Circle, while a west-to-east mild Pacific flow dominates the eastern United States at least into the early part of next week. Beyond that as...
We are hearing stories of people arriving from out of state to escape large urban areas where there are greater odds of becoming infected with the coronavirus. We can see cars at the seasonal homes of out-of-staters. We'd be sheltering at our vacation home, too, if we were urban dwellers with flexible options. But there seems to be an inherent problem in that it's not clear that these travelers are aware of possibly being virus carriers. Adults and children have...
The next offering of the Windham Orchestra's resident opera ensemble is Verdi's masterpiece, Il Trovatore. Performances are set for Friday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro. The opera ensemble includes Jenna Rae, Julie Olsson, Cailin Marcel-Manson, Javier Luengo-Garrido, Elizabeth Wohl, and James Anderson. A new friend and star, Ethan Bremner, sings the great tenor role of the Troubadour. “Sibling rivalry, maternal guilt trips, skullduggery, frustrated and misplaced loves,
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