PUTNEY-Beloved children's book author and illustrator Eileen Christelow told The Commons she saved her illustrations...
BRATTLEBORO-Class, a play by Irish playwrights Iseult Golden and David Horan, gets its U.S. premiere...
BRATTLEBORO-118 Elliot presents a special showing and conversation with the artists of "Fueled by Love:
BRATTLEBORO-Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will host...
Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Kelly Shriver has retired in the middle of her four-year term after 25 years of service. Shriver - who graduated from Vermont Law School in 1995, became a deputy Windham County prosecutor in 1999, and assumed her most recent position in 2007 - wrote a letter to Gov. Phil Scott last Wednesday reporting she would be stepping down effective this past Sunday, July 28. "As the years have passed, I have seen lots of changes...
The current war has one solution: peace. What is peace? Peace is treating every person with the respect they need. Peace is creating economic environments for everyone to thrive, where everyone has the dignity of enough money to be purposeful in life and not subjected to stress of abject poverty, where everyone is encouraged to fulfill a personal purpose and develop personal strengths. Nothing about our economic reality currently fulfills this. However, were the political and banking class to attend...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is accepting submissions for the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a prestigious national recognition initiative for teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent. Vermont students in grades 7-12 are invited to submit art and writing entries in dozens of categories, including ceramics, digital art, painting, photography, poetry, humor, science fiction, and personal essay/memoir. The submission deadline is Dec. 16, 2015. Students and teachers seeking guidelines or additional information are encouraged to visit...
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