BRATTLEBORO — Whoever painted this graffiti on a rock in the West River estuary, please desist.
Haven't we already done enough to the Abenaki lands?
Painted rocks on the West River.
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Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
As a new wave of COVID-19 sweeps through the United States, Vermont is taking some significant steps to control the coronavirus after a week that saw the highest number of new cases in the state since tracking began in March. On Nov. 13, Gov. Phil Scott announced an executive order that calls for strict new guidelines for social gatherings, bars and restaurants, and sports leagues. “We are definitely moving in the wrong direction,” Scott said at a news briefing regarding...
At noon on Wednesday, Feb. 1, Dr. Justin Murphy-Mancini will perform a recital that ranges in time from the 17th-century composer Dieterich Buxtehude to contemporary pieces by the Franco-Lebanese organist Naji Hakim and the 95-year-old American composer Emma Lou Diemer. The program also includes a sonata by Felix Mendelssohn and J.S. Bach’s Passacaglia in C. “Every piece on the program is a set of variations of one kind or another, allowing for the instrument’s great variety to be communicated by...
As soon as I saw Elayne Clift's column, I knew I had to respond. It is certainly going to be true that from now until the 2024 election that we will be inundated with such messages. After all, the only thing Democrats have to sell is fear. To an extent, the same is true of Republicans as well. It is funny to see Ms. Clift raise the alarm about saving democracy when right in front of our eyes we see...
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