BRATTLEBORO — The story is horrifying: Our hospital turning away a 99-year-old man with two broken arms.
I have read on the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital website that every hospital staff member is an advocate for the patient. Really?
Elayne Clift rightly challenges the BMH CEO to take responsibility. Lofty silence from Steve Gordon is not acceptable.
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...
Forty service members with ties to Vermont have been killed in action in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dozens more have died after their service as a result of their injuries or after taking their own lives after coming home. Local attorney Tom Costello, a Marine Corps combat veteran during the Vietnam War who is now the post commander of Brattleboro American Legion Post 5, said members wanted to do something to honor those who served and those who...
Let's unpack this statement, which was just repeated to me for what felt like the gazillionth time today: “I don't give panhandlers money, because they're just going to buy drugs with it. I don't want to feed their addiction.” Maybe they are, maybe they're not. But let's say for argument's sake they are actively dependent on illicit substances, struggling, and panhandling to feed a substance abuse disorder. Do you think that not giving them money will starve the disorder, and...
Composer and pianist Eugene Uman and the original members of the Convergence Project will return to the Vermont Jazz Center for a reunion concert, performing original jazz compositions on Saturday, May 21, at 8 p.m. The music of the Convergence Project is described in a news release as balancing “an artistic tightrope between fresh, innovative, and exploratory on one side, and accessible, understandable and visceral on the other.” Members of the Convergence Project joining Uman will be Michael Zsoldos on...
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