RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].
Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.
Django Grace describes himself as an environmentalist, skier, chiller, and lifelong Brattleborian. He graduated from...
Chloe Learey is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development...
WESTMINSTER WEST-My recent essay in The Commons revealed the unique position of Vermont as a...
Roger Allbee served as secretary of agriculture, farms, and markets for Vermont in the administration...
Jacob Alan Roberts works with a laptop propped on his knees in a mostly empty office. Sounds of traffic trundling along Main Street echo through the large windows that give views of People's Bank and shops on Elliot Street. “I have to hit the ground running,” says Roberts, setting the computer on a nearby bookcase. His companions occupying Building a Better Brattleboro's new office, above Burrows Specialized Sports, 105 Main St., include a second chair and standing coat rack. Roberts...
I was disappointed in the coverage of the Newfane Selectboard meeting. It did not reflect the context in which the meeting was held - specifically, the vitriol expressed by the few opposed to the anti-bias training, leading to many feeling traumatized and unsafe. It focused on the first meeting and neglected to cover the most recent meeting during which the vitriol and disrespect continued. There is a stark difference in civility between those who favor and those who oppose the...
Now in its fourth year presenting special productions for Halloween, Shoot the Moon usually adapts a scary literary classic for the stage, such as Dracula or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This year, however, the innovative theater company is instead performing an adaptation of a famous - or rather, infamous - work of science fiction. For the next three weekends - on Fridays and Saturdays Oct. 20, 21, 27, and 28 and Nov. 3 and 4 - Shoot the Moon...
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