With Peter, Paul and Mary's 1963 release of their version of “Blowin' in the Wind” playing, an area radio veteran told students at his alma mater how he has seen music help effect social change.
As part of the school's twice-a-year Diversity Day, Tim Johnson, a 1974 graduate of Brattleboro Union High School who works as news director of WTSA, was introduced by BUHS social studies teacher Bill Holiday, who projected the lyrics on a screen as Johnson played the songs.
“I was a disc jockey at a time when the DJ would choose the music to be played on the radio rather than a corporation doing it,” added Johnson, who started off his talk by taking the students back to the decade of the 1950s with Elvis Presley.
“This was the decade that I grew up in, and it was the first time the younger generation had their own music,” he said.
At the Brattleboro Food Co-op's September board meeting, about 12 of its 160 employees formed a circle around the Board and spoke about why they believed unionizing the workforce there would be beneficial. They said that a substantial majority of the employees signed union cards and asked the board...
If you like words and you like games, chances are you'll love playing Scrabble on Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. (or later) at Marlboro College Graduate Center, 28 Vernon St., second floor. Ed Liebfried created this Scrabble club late last year, having moved back to this area after...