We inadvertently omitted a name on “Police should be taking hate speech seriously,” a letter that appeared in the July 18 issue. The letter should have been signed by both Arlene Distler and Steve Minkin.
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...
Loic Danjou is the picture of Christmas, sporting forest green wool pants, a red-and-black-checkered insulated shirt, and a red woolen cap topping his grey hair. He chats at his Christmas tree stand in the parking lot of the Black Mountain Inn where, at the edge of Putney Road, a spray-painted sign declares trees available for $29.95. Danjou, whose tree farm is in Canaan, in the Northeast Kingdom on the Quebec border, has been coming off the mountain down to Brattleboro...
On Sunday, June 2, from 2 to 4 p.m., the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will offer a guided tour of the studio of glass artist and painter Jen Violette in Wilmington - the latest installment in BMAC's “Hidden in the Hills” series. The tour is free, but open to BMAC members only. To become a member, visit www.brattleboromuseum.org or call 802-257-0124, ext. 101. Violette has won numerous awards for her glass and exhibits, and her unique mixed-media sculptures are...
As a community-supported agriculture farmer, I frequently find myself educating people about the importance of their decision to support local farms. Our food choices affect everything from the tiny processes that determine the health of our bodies to the health of our communities and the global environment. We vote every day with our food dollars for the kind of lives we want to live and the kind of world we want to live in. But on town meeting day, Dummerston...
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