RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
BRATTLEBORO-Since moving to Brattleboro over a year ago, I have learned that there are so...
BRATTLEBORO-The Anti-Defamation League's 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports a deeply troubling rise in antisemitism...
DEERFIELD, MASS.-U.S. Rep. Becca Balint claims that President Trump "does not give a damn about...
The writer is a Town Meeting member representing District 8. BRATTLEBORO-As part of Brattleboro's FY26...
A civil complaint has been filed in Windham Superior Court against the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL) trustees by former library director Célina Houlné. Houlné, who was terminated as library director on Aug. 29, 2013, seeks reinstatement, compensation for lost income and benefits, and payment for attorneys' fees. She also seeks unspecified damages as a result of a “hostile work environment” caused by Chair Janice Mitchell-Love and Vice-Chair Deborah Wright, the only two trustees of the nine-member board who were...
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact in community safety and public policy. She is a Representative Town Meeting member from District 8. BRATTLEBORO-When I was a first-year college student, I read a speech by Ivan Illich called "To Hell with Good Intentions." It fundamentally changed my life. In it, Illich critiques the hypocrisy (likely unconscious in many of the students being addressed) of engaging in critical analysis of the power dynamics...
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main St., presents “Inner Landscapes: Three Views,” paintings and collaged prints by New Hampshire artists Maggie Cahoon, Jessie Pollock, and Erika Radich. An opening and artists reception will take place on Saturday, July 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. The show continues through Aug. 27, and all are invited to an artist forum scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m. Cahoon, Pollock, and Radich bring together their “unique and highly personal, nonfigurative imagery to fashion...
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