WARDSBORO — Howard Fairman, you sound like a bitter skier talking about snowboarders when the mountains started letting “those kind” on the slopes.
Don't you believe in diversity on the trails?
“Oasis” means different things to different people.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Representatives from businesses across Windham County gathered in the cafeteria of the School for International Training's Stephen and Nita Lowey International Center. They sipped coffee and shared stories from the trenches of doing business in a state with an unemployment rate of 2.1 percent. It was time for a regional SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. “This is a real and continuing challenge for our employment base,” said Jeff Lewis, a consultant hired to hold the summit. The former...
Next Stage Arts Project and The Apron Theater Company present Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Karla Baldwin. Tartuffe opens Thursday, Aug. 8, with performances on August 8, 9, and 10, at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 11 at 2 p.m., Aug. 15, 16, and 17 at 7:30 p.m., and Aug. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. The cast features Michael Kennedy, Gay Maxwell, Christopher Coutant, Lionel Chute, Aiden Meyer, and Ha Huynh. Controversial and popular from the time of its release in...
As the cold of winter brings us in, I think back at last summer and the excitement of the Next Stage Arts Bandwagon Series that brought us out. Surprise, talent, and variety released in an outdoor venue that so countered the gloom of the pandemic that had consumed us. There was joy in the air! If you were not one of the lucky ones to attend, may your fortune be so this year. You will come home with a smile...
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