BRATTLEBORO — It took months for the mainstream media and politicians to use the word “lying” in reference to Trump and his regime's public statements.
Now the media is using the words “separation” and “detention.” When will they screw up their courage to use the terms “kidnapping” and “incarceration” to describe U.S. immigration policy?
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...
The Brattleboro Retreat laid off 85 workers on Oct. 23 as part of a decision to cut five outpatient programs. The Retreat cut $8 million from the annual budget in order to move the state's largest mental health facility toward financial sustainability, according to a letter to staff from CEO Louis Josephson. At the end of the year, the private psychiatric facility will close five programs: a Hub program that provides medication assisted therapy for opioid addiction, an outpatient addiction...
Vermont Representative Mike Mrowicki's viewpoints on the reasons that Republicans and Democrats are so divided suggests how little Democrats like him understand about what is important to Republicans here in Vermont and across the U.S.A. During one of President Trump's State of the Union addresses, he boldly stated that “America will never be a communist country.” This statement speaks volumes to everyday patriots - Americans whose grandfathers, fathers, sons, and daughters have fought in certain wars against communism around the...
Comedian Ed Smyth will “serve up a nonstop silly-string of brain-twisty characters and bits” that organizers say are “absurd for adults, goofy for kids, clean for your grandma,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Stage 33 Live, 33 Canal Street. Smyth has been a regular at the Finger Lakes Comedy Festival since 2016, performed a weeklong show at Rochester Fringe, and has appeared at the Maine Comedy Festival. “He is a friend to all,” organizers wrote in a...
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