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.
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...
After 23 years, Brattleboro Chapter 843 of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is disbanding. Its final meeting is set for March 14. Leonard Derby of Brattleboro, who has been the chapter's president for the past 22 years, said he recently decided to step down, and "no one was willing to take over the chapter. Our membership is aging and several members are [disabled]. That makes it tough to carry out our mission." Derby said VVA Chapter 843, which also has...
Mike Mrowicki has served since 2007 in the Vermont House of Representatives, where he represents Putney and Dummerston in the Windham-4 district. For more information about Mrowicki and his campaign for re-election, visit windham4.online. PUTNEY-As we head toward Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, one issue that we see - on the local scene and all the way up to Washington - is a national economy that can best be described as one of "have-nots and have-yachts." Locally, property-tax payers...
When Juno Orchestra performed “(3)Zenith!,” featuring Sibelius, Haydn, and Mozart” in June of 2022 at Persons Auditorium on the former Marlboro College campus to a standing ovation from a full house, it was presumed to be its final, farewell concert. So much can happen in a year. Juno was gone. However, by the grace of a major foundation's generosity, Juno is back. According to founder/director, cellist Zon Eastes, Juno was conceived and run as a five-year project starting in 2017...
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