BRATTLEBORO — We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fifth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers.
We had entertaining stories with a wonderful audience.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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JAMAICA-Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival (PFCM) is returning to celebrate the 2024 summer season with an admission-free public concert series running Tuesday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 11. It's a "little known gem of a chamber music festival [that] offers performances of both familiar and new compositions at the highest level," says Marlboro-based musician Jesse Lepkoff, whose chops span blues, bossa nova, and jazz to Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque. "One can hear works by Mozart or Beethoven or by lesser-known...
BRATTLEBORO-For many of us, recent events have been quite fraught. The violent attack on a man who was exercising his Constitutional right to campaign for public office on July 13 was shocking, as was the death of a man who simply came to the event to listen. The president and the candidate have both called for unity, civility, and respect in our interactions with one another. On a recent evening, I was standing on the side of the road in...
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