Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
A big part of caring for elders is maintaining their physical health, explained Valley Cares Executive Director Susanne Shapiro. Still, a person's health is more than physical. It also involves emotional and social aspects. “There is a real need for a better balance of providing for their physical and emotional needs and also providing for their safety,” she said. “It's a conflict. At West River Valley Senior Housing, Valley Cares assisted living facility serves 35 residents, who get help with...
As a longtime women's health educator and advocate, I was apoplectic when I read a recent commentary in The Commons [“Far beyond Roe v. Wade,” Viewpoint, Feb. 6] by a “chaplain serving an elderly population” who is also treasurer of the Republican Party in my state and a county party chair. The op-ed proffered so many spurious and false assertions, often stated by others with far-right political views, that my hair was nearly on fire. This is the claim that...
Tickets are on sale for Company of Muses and Brattleboro School of Dance's presentation of The Nutcracker at New England Youth Theatre the weekend of Dec. 22-24. After taking a year off, the dance studio is mounting a full-scale production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Christmas-themed ballet, complete with costumes and sets. Performances feature traditional and original choreography staged by faculty and performed by students and alumni. This year's production has a new artistic director in BSD faculty member Holly Johnson. Showtimes...
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