A great project, and one I am happy and honored to be involved in.
Derrik Jordan has found a new way to get visionary musicians' work seen and heard. He is a consummate host who always seems to ask the right questions.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Capt. Mark Anderson has been appointed Windham County Sheriff by Gov. Phil Scott. Anderson fills the vacancy left by his predecessor, Sheriff Keith Clark, who retired June 30 after 12 years as sheriff. The new sheriff brings more than 15 years of law enforcement experience to the role, including extensive expertise in budget management, drug recognition, and records management. Anderson most recently served as chief deputy of the Windham County Sheriff's Office, managing operational and internal affairs and developing strategic...
Acclaimed pysanky artist and instructor Jenny Santa Maria leads a hands-on, in-person workshop on the traditional Ukrainian folk art of egg decoration on Saturday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m. at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). Participants will leave the workshop with a beautiful colored egg. BMAC will donate all proceeds from the workshop to Ukrainian relief efforts. The pysanky technique is similar to batik. Patterns are drawn on an egg with hot beeswax, which protects covered areas from...
I was flabbergasted when I read this encouragement to further ostracize, abandon, walk away from, shun, ignore, and NIMBY-off the most vulnerable in our society - an effort by a capitalist society that has been desensitized from caring for our neighbors and brothers as ourselves, and labeling them as somehow toxic or less than and definitely not worthy of a dime, nickel, or quarter of our capitalist gains. This manifesto assigns the faceless in need with the blame for anonymous...
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