Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Good day to you, folks that lay their heads in the windy hamlets of southeastern Vermont! We're pushing toward June now, and we'll get a summery taste this Friday through Sunday as warmth and humidity build. Unfortunately for party planners and attendees, the second half of the weekend looks rather unsettled. Still, we've got plenty of sunshine to soak up before the clouds move back in, so let's jump into the details! For Wednesday, a weak cold front will be...
BELLOWS FALLS-Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St., presents solo shows by Basha Freudenburg, Dorian Sanders, and Sandy Sherman, all opening Friday, Jan. 17, and on display through March 16. As part of Bellows Falls 3rd Fridays, from 5 to 7 p.m. there will be an opening reception for the artists, and the public is invited to join a Free Self Expression session. The MC Noyes "Vermont Trees" solo show and the Kathleeen Govotski solo show are both open through...
A large country, armed to the teeth, entering into the dusk as a superpower, makes outlandish claims about another, much smaller and weaker country. The rest of the world's nations scratch their heads and wonder at these claims. The large country amasses troops and armaments near the smaller country. It gives the smaller country an ultimatum that cannot be met because it is based on a false premise. Very few other nations are interested in joining the bellicosity of the...
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