BRATTLEBORO — I want to reflect on my experience with the Brattleboro police.
I am an African American adult. All my interactions with police on the street have been outstanding and so respectful to me.
I felt compelled to write a letter because I know there are some police around the country who treat African Americans badly.
I want this community to know that we are lucky to have a professional police force here.
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A local nonprofit has launched a mutual aid fund aiming to support LGBTQ+ people, especially LGBTQ+ people of color, by distributing donations to the fund to qualified applicants. Out in the Open's fund offers up to $400 per individual for what it calls “groceries, supplies, housing support, medical support, and other thriving and survival needs.” The first round of funding, which closed on June 17, distributed $3,100 to eight people. “Mutual aid is about sharing resources with your community,” HB...
I was shocked. Boy, am I naive. When I read Randolph T. Holhut's report about former Bennington State Rep. Kiah Morris, I could not believe it. What? So we know who the threats against Morris came from - they were not anonymous? And we allow this avowed racist to come right into the “safe space” (one would think) of the attorney general's news conference and threaten Ms. Morris with a racist T-shirt and a gun in his belt? Is this...
This week, the Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) is holding its 47th annual summer jazz workshop at The Putney School, the first time since 2019 that there's been a full, in-person workshop. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 workshop was held virtually, and it was convenient to invite numerous guest teachers to participate regardless of location. For example, bassist Linda May Han Oh taught from her studio in Perth, Australia. The 2021 workshop combined online and in-person programs. Pianists studied...
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