Rows of brown paper lunch bags sit on a folding table under a pop-up tent behind Fire Station 2 in West Brattleboro as Academy School kindergarten teacher Maureen Parzych pulls additional meals from a cooler in anticipation of a swarm of students and families. The packed breakfasts and lunches are part of Windham Southeast School District's (WSESD's) food distribution program. As schools and other community spaces close in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, community members...
I hope the protests against the availability of guns escalate into a protest against the war in Afghanistan. Two or three years ago, I saw a devastating photography show at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. It featured large-scale photographs of soldiers maimed in that war. Guys with prosthetic arms and legs. For what? What a waste! How many years have we been over there - 16? Are we trying to export democracy to a region stuck in the Middle...
On Saturday, Sept. 25, 12 bands will perform on the Winston Prouty Campus at Prouty Presents! Music for the organization's free community event will begin at 11 a.m., and sets will be 20 to 30 minutes each. The lineup includes Unworried Birds (instrumental rock), Ukulele Sisters and Friends (ukulele classics), Galera De Samba (10-person percussion ensemble), Vermont Jazz Center Sextet, Donkey No-No (improvised strings and percussion), Occasional Bliss (eclectic Americana duo), the Windham Philharmonic, Slow Pony (folk ensemble), Two Roads...
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