RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
BELLOWS FALLS-Fellow citizens, I write to you with a request founded in feelings of love,
BRATTLEBORO-I've been a supporter of Emilie Kornheiser since she first ran for Legislature. Now, however,
Shelby Brimmer is the owner, with Paul Martocci, of Martocci's Restaurant on Elliot Street in...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-Two years later, Democrats are still furious over Roe v. Wade being overturned. But...
The state was given an unusual task in a last-minute legislative deal brokered in June that extended publicly financed motel-based shelter for more than 2,000 unhoused individuals. It was charged with attempting to rehouse or shelter everyone by April 2024, and required to report back to the Legislature on its progress - every single month. Lawmakers received their first update from state officials two weeks ago. The upshot: From an original cohort of 1,250 households, 174 left the program in...
Even if we said “no” to Columbus Day, what does that really change? This year, I am teaching early U.S. history, and I decided to check out almost all the children's books about Christopher Columbus from Rutland, Bennington, Brooks Memorial, and other Vermont libraries. My students analyzed the contents of these books. They asked questions like, “How many times do the Natives speak?,” “How many times does Columbus speak?,” “Are the Natives of Hispaniola (the Taínos) named in the books?,”
A deformed humanoid creature with the features of a bat is discovered in a cave in West Virginia. The stuff of musical comedy? Hardly. But that is the premise of Bat Boy: The Musical, which opens Friday, March, 4 for a two-week run at Main Street Arts. Not for the faint of heart, this show is an edgy exploration of the themes of hypocrisy, acceptance, forgiveness, racism, revenge, and scapegoating, with a not-so-healthy dose of vampirism, botched experiments, potential incest,
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