Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Harris Hill ski jump is the only Olympic-size slope in New England and one of just six in the nation. This weekend, that could be a problem. Thousands of spectators at the hill's annual Presidents' Day weekend competition are used to hearing public address announcer Peter Graves introduce athletes before they soar off a launchpad 30 stories high at 60 mph. This month, however, the Vermonter's voice is echoing over the loudspeakers at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.
When you have been on this earth for over a half a century, you can expect assorted traumatic events over that period of time, events that make you reexamine all your most basic beliefs. The only thing left to do is to get your act together and move on as best you can. A bit of therapy can also help you deal with the new truths. The powers-that-be decided that there was no such thing as a brontosaurus, and that...
In local filmmaker Kiera Lewis's upcoming documentary “Dates For Coffee,” the viewer is reminded things are not always as they seem. Seemingly innocuous cultural differences can lead to dangerous misunderstandings. The title alone has disparate meanings, depending on one's background. For many Americans, “dates for coffee” often means planned, informal social engagements occurring outside of the home, to perform work or share information. The activity conforms with the American story of hard work, success, and individualism. In the Arab world,
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