BROOKLINE — Thank you, Becca Balint, for sharing your grandfather's words. It is beyond sad that such a kind, thoughtful man was murdered in Austria years ago, yet this hateful energy is still alive today.
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...
By day she is a warehouse worker, but her true passion lies with the moving of tiles on the Scrabble board. Word lover and Brattleboro resident Sara Corbin has recently returned from the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship, held in late July in Baltimore, where her proudest moment was when she earned 212 points for the word “squatter.” She positioned the tiles for that word on the top right-hand edge of the board, placing two onto triple-word-score squares and another onto...
I've been watching the national effort to politicize Burlington College's demise and am saddened by the venality of our politics and our dangerous ignorance of nonprofit governance. It's endemic in Vermont, where too many of our major nonprofits have limped through a decade or two of unreviewed leadership performance, mission decay, and disconnection from constituents because their boards have no idea what the obligations and liabilities of board members are or even what board service means. * * * I...
• Alex Cummings is a traditional singer, accordionist, pianist, and dance caller hailing from Somerset, England, now living in Brattleboro. He performs songs and tunes from around the United Kingdom and America, sharing his knowledge of the tradition. Cumming describes himself on his website as having made his mark on the folk scene with his “rhythmic, dance-able accordion style, strong voice, and his fun and engaging stage presence.” He performs with bands Bellwether and The Teacups around the U.S. and...
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