In his homily at the funeral Mass for former Brattleboro Police Chief and Windham County Sheriff Richard Guthrie at St. Michael's Catholic Church on Nov. 22, the Rev. James C. Dodson said Guthrie was the embodiment of St. Francis of Assisi's famous aphorism: “Preach the gospel always and, when necessary, use words.” Guthrie, 75, a lifelong resident of Brattleboro who died Nov. 18 at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack, was a beloved figure in his hometown who...
I meet Emily Mason - whose mini-retrospective show, “Emily Mason: To Another Place” is winding to a close at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center - in the Vermont farmhouse where she and her husband, Wolf Kahn, have spent many summers. The grounds are enchanting, even in the mostly brown month of October, and the few spots of color that remained marked the multiple flower beds dotting the property and defining the paths to the house. Mason is a petite woman.
My response was born out of the desire to keep perspective: I live near, work near, and go to all of the businesses on Elliot Street at all times of the day and night. Have you seen families having dinner at Hazel? Couples at TJ Buckley's? People attending 118 Elliot Street for events? The New England Youth Theatre? How many crimes have been committed against these people? Are people too afraid to venture out on Gallery Walk? Regarding my lack...
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