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...
Svetlana Karpenko, 50, and her 12-year-old son, Artem, live in an apartment on the 10th floor of a 12-story building in a part of Kyiv, Ukraine that has not been heavily bombed - yet. But the sirens warning of incoming bombs are still regularly going off. They do not feel safe. They are not safe. Another son, Andrey, 32, now a soldier fighting against the Russians, was able to bring his girlfriend, daughter, and a stepson to Poland, one week...
For three years, the International Moose Convention has hosted a karaoke contest featuring the top 12 finalists nationwide who have competed at local lodges across the country. In order to have the opportunity to be one of those finalists in 2017 and perhaps win the top prize of $5,000, contestants must begin by competing at a Moose Lodge. The Moose Lodge of Bellows Falls, 59 Westminster St., will hold the second of three practice rounds for this competition on Saturday,
My friend Sarah Ovenden and I run a small company called Roots on the Rails. A couple of times a year, we book moderately well-known musicians (the “roots” part) who can draw a crowd of 50 or so fans, charter five vintage, privately-owned passenger railroad cars (the “rails” part), and set out to visit some cool places that are served by passenger train. We've done 45 or so trips since 2003, with musicians ranging from Cowboy Junkies to Ramblin' Jack...
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