Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
Dr. Karen Hein and her husband Ralph held hands as the doors to the Gathering Place's Dover site officially flew open, June 18. Ralph, a pediatrician, lives with Alzheimer's. For the past few years, he has travelled on the Moover from his home in the Deerfield Valley to the Gathering Place's Brattleboro location. Karen smiled. The new Dover location means a shorter commute for Ralph, whom she affectionately calls “Ralphie.” Ralph lifted his head and smiled at the mention of...
The Brattleboro Literary Festival virtual Literary Cocktail Hour Friday, Feb. 11, at 5 p.m. will feature author Jonathan Evison. In a review of Evison's seventh novel, Small World, in January, Kirkus called the book “a bighearted, widescreen American tale.” “Without being simplistic or wearing rose-colored glasses, Evison suggests a fresh way of recognizing our relationships without melting-pot clichés,” the review said. Evison, who lives with his wife and family on an island in Washington state, is also the author of...
Sometimes I wonder about myself. I'm 58 years old, and I've certainly had people peeved at me. But I'm not sure I've ever made anyone seriously, existentially PO'd at me. Maybe it's time. Since reading “Decoding the warmist agenda,” by Les Kozaczek [The Commons, July 9] I've been torn between my usual aversion to conflict and my temptation to offer a rebuttal. To do so, after all, might reveal me as an actual, published researcher in the history of the...
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