BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
DUMMERSTON-The controversy over political banners hung inside library windows of the Dummerston School has prompted...
LONDONDERRY-Vermont has a housing crisis - the state needs up to 36,000 new homes by...
BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls Community Bike Project, active in the village for 11 years, has...
BRATTLEBORO-As described by Adam Grinold, a decade ago, Windham County had the second-oldest population in...
Running for the Brattleboro Selectboard is about opening the door to change for Phil Kramer. “I just want to make a difference,” Kramer said over a bowl of Thai curry soup at The Blue Moose on Feb. 15. The town could use a different perspective, and it has never heard his, Kramer adds. Kramer, who is making his first run for the Selectboard, is one of six candidates competing for two one-year seats on the Selectboard. He has been the...
William Wordsworth is one of my literary heroes. Love the guy. Bet you didn't think you'd be reading that today, right? Wordsworth has been there for me whenever I've been pressed to frame a beautifully compelling or compellingly beautiful thought and my own words didn't seem up to the task (alas, too frequently). How often I've found my voice in the gorgeous poetry crafted by this man, whose very name says it all. Sort of like calling in a pinch...
Mount Island has announced winners of the digital magazine's Lucy Terry Prince Prize, for rural poets of color. Grand prize winner is Brittny Ray Crowell, for the poem “Blood Petition: A Prayer of Reckoning.” The runner up poems are “The Big Day” by Jordan Charlton and “Can You Taste The Ivory Coast Chocolate” by Mervyn Seivwright. “During times such as these, poetry is often one of the vehicles that reminds us of the importance of bearing witness,” writes Shanta Lee...
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