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...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Authorities appear to be investigating whether a recent fatal shooting at Great River Terrace was made in self-defense, according to a complaint federal prosecutors filed in court late in the afternoon of Aug. 23. Nicolas Baker, 34, told police on Aug. 19 that he had just shot an attacker in his apartment with a pistol that had fallen out of the other man's pants pocket, according to the filing. During a subsequent search of Baker's apartment, though, police found a...
It's mighty presumptuous to tell the members of the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community they are demonstrating "white fragility" when expressing their fears in the current political environment. I believe equating the slogans of "Black Lives Matter" and "From the River to the Sea" and the movements behind them is a false equivalency. BLM is positive, life-affirming, and inclusive. FTRTTS is negative, hateful, and exclusive. Israel's attacks on Hamas in Gaza are horrific, overreaching, clumsy, vengeful, and probably illegal, but they...
BELLOWS FALLS-John John Brown's "Songs, Stories & Art - Lessons from Strangers" is coming to Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. Brown brings giant comics, iconic photographs, and moving panoramas to the stage, weaving together storytelling songs and visual arts in live performance. The protagonists come from all walks of life - from an aging Vietnam veteran, to a trumpet-playing orphan, a married couple debating evolution, and a young man with mental illness...
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