The truck driver person with the “angry stickers” is just exercising his, or her, First Amendment rights on their own truck!
God bless America (my First Amendment right to say, so exercised).
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...
A woman's place is in the House...of Representatives. Vermont made history on Election Day as Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint, D-Brattleboro, cruised to an easy victory in her race for the state's lone Congressional seat. Balint became the first woman - and the first openly gay woman - Vermont has sent to Congress, when she trounced Republican Liam Madden of Rockingham. Vermont had been the last state to never have had a woman represent it on Capitol Hill. With...
There has been a standoff between two slogans in Putney: Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter. “All Lives Matter” is being seen by many people, including people of color, as a racist rebuttal to Black Lives Matter. When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence “that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” at that time women and...
Violinist and conductor Moby Pearson invites music lovers into his home this summer for a series of evening Summer Salons. The sessions will explore music and musical perspectives and will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $25 per session or $60 for three sessions. Call the Brattleboro Music Center at 802-257-4523 to sign up and get directions. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Pearson has performed with chamber ensembles and orchestras for over 45 years. He has...
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