BRATTLEBORO — The time has finally come to turn my book, From the Boroughs to Brattleboro and Beyond by the Flat Landers that Made the Move, over to an editor.
In the interest of wanting to stay local, I am looking for an editor who might want to meet for periodical meetings over coffee.
If you have an interest to jump on board and submit an essay, you may; however, this is the last call for putting closure on the project.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
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ROCKINGHAM-A pair of Stephen Belaski murals, in storage in northern New York for the past 36 years, have been gifted to the town. Belaski, born in New York in 1909, grew up and lived in Bellows Falls most of his life. He became one of Vermont's most noted muralists, with many of his best known works created in the 1930s, including these two murals, funded by the Federal Art Project, part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA). The...
I am a 10-year veteran Airbnb host. We have one guest room that we love to rent out to guests from all over the world. We need the income, and our guests enrich our lives. I have no quarrel with people who rent rooms in their homes or attached dwellings, yurts, or tents to travelers. That's great. My beef is with those who rent out standalone, winterized dwellings that could be long-term rentals. I have noticed recently there are quite...
Singer-songwriter Jenna Sawin Rice, who grew up in the Connecticut River Valley in Vermont, describes her “poetic” songs as “celebrat[ing] the stories of ordinary people, and the highs and the lows of being alive,” and says they are “delivered with honest, often haunting vocals and down-to-earth playing.” With the release of her sophomore album, Chapters Turn and Bridges Burn, Rice takes a departure from the full band of her debut recording, this time featuring only the songwriter and her guitar.
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