BRATTLEBORO — Tom Ragle discusses the future of liberal thinking as we lose liberal institutions such as Marlboro College. Twice, he leaps over 1,700 years of Western civilization as he indicates large-scale cultural change from paganism to Christianity.
I feel astonished. What about Judaism?
Judaism may not be important to Mr. Ragle personally, but it is important in liberal education. And it is especially important during a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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Before the late Fred Harris unveiled his namesake ski jump in this town a century ago, the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame inductee shared a test run with his less publicized but more prized adviser. His sister, Evelyn. Ever since the latter Harris tried out what's now Vermont's sole Olympic-size hill in 1922, women have flown off the 90-meter slope - the only one of its height in New England and just one of six of its stature in the...
To say that much has changed recently at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital would be an understatement. The new coronavirus has changed our lives in ways that we could not have imagined a few weeks ago, and as we isolate and practice social distancing, we miss the people who have been important parts of our daily lives in this close community. Entering our very first - and, hopefully, last - Volunteer Week without volunteers gracing our halls, I would like to express...
BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Suitcase Company (VSC) players know how to get folks laughing - belly laughs, slapstick laughs, laughs at poignant ironies, at itchy truths, at innocent manifestations of good-heartedness. Following the success of 2023's popular VSC play about Wenceslas, the 10th-century Duke of Bohemia whose kind and generous spirit made him worthy of his own Christmas carol, the company presents The Continuing Adventures of King Wenceslas and His Page, Edith: A Winter Tale for Winter People, with performances throughout the region...
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