Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
BRATTLEBORO-New housing development in the pipeline could result in an additional 400 homes in town in the next five years if all the projects come to fruition. The individual projects, in various stages of development from conceptual planning to putting together funding, address the area's urgent need for workforce housing, affordable housing, and refugee housing. In 2021, Brattleboro's Housing Action Plan reported "a pressing need for more than 500 [housing] units." While none of the projects in the works are...
Words and phrases like “old,” “elderly,” “aged,” “past one's prime,” “advanced in years,” “long in the tooth,” “in one's dotage,” “doddering,” “decrepit,” “senile,” “not long for this world,” and “no spring chicken” all describe the older generation, which starts at no precise age. Most of these words are particularly not flattering and do not truly reflect the true nature or competence of this older population, yet these are the only words or phrases that describe this group. Then there are...
Multimedia artist Ven Voisey will perform his solo choral work “No Noumenon” in the sanctuary of Epsilon Spires on Friday, Aug. 5, directly following Gallery Walk downtown at 8 p.m. In his free performance, Voisey will use live and recorded vocals amplified through an array of bullhorn speakers to create a layered composition that is in conversation with the multi-part music for choirs that would have historically been performed in the former church. “Throughout my work, I find myself continually...
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