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.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
BRATTLEBORO-World Learning Inc. is in the first stages of developing a creative answer to the region's housing shortage - a problem that is hitting close to home. In 2018, when its School for International Training ended on-campus degree programs, World Learning was left with many empty dorm rooms in a cluster of campus residential buildings. That made the facility the perfect place to temporarily house refugees from such countries as Afghanistan and Senegal when they began arriving in the region.
Beatriz Fantini is a professor emerita at SIT, where she worked for 50 years. She is a freelance writer and has published short stories in her native Bolivia and in Venezuela. Her husband, Alvino Fantini, is an SIT professor emeritus. WEST DUMMERSTON-Mother's Day is probably one of the most popular holidays we celebrate. It is a special day to honor the most important person in a family. My perspective, of course, might be old-fashioned, but I am 84 and was...
As March roars in, author and teacher Barbara Morrison is offering workshops to hone reading and creative-writing skills at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. The first workshop is for readers, though writers, too, might find it useful, according to a news release. The other three are primarily for writers. These stand-alone workshops are open to teens and adults. All take place over four Saturdays, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the library. Participants may attend one or all, and...
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