Wilda L. White, Hilary Melton, and Malaika Puffer are founding directors of MadFreedom Advocates, Inc.,
BRATTLEBORO-While it's encouraging that we're finally approaching a more inclusive way of recognizing the voices...
BRATTLEBORO-The results from the Charter Revision Committee's recent poll in Districts 7, 8, and 9...
Peter Adair is the author of the books Sacred Universe and Sacred Earth. WESTMINSTER WEST-Unlikely...
A plan to make the town "an inclusive, safe and resilient rural community where residents, businesses and organizations thrive, and live life in harmony with nature and each other" will be presented for public comment at hearings scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 8. Both meetings start at 5:30 p.m. in Town Hall. The Planning Commission's draft of the 2023 Putney Town Plan addresses this vision via several "strategic directions/priorities." They include: • Create a sustainable village and...
While I applaud Spoon Agave's passion and appropriate highlighting of several important issues we must address, his choice to praise Kurt Daims as an exemplar, while well-intended, is misguided. Communities are formed based on a set of expectations and constructs. Among those are respect for your neighbors, respect for the rules and regulations that govern the community, and respect for the behavioral tenets that define community membership. These unwritten guidelines keep communities functional and dynamic. Mr. Daims's abject disregard for...
Artist Evie Lovett and poet Diana Whitney have each drawn inspiration from the Connecticut River in their work in a multimedia exhibition entitled Thaw: A Conversation in Words and Imagery. Lovett's encaustic paintings and several of Whitney's poems will be on display in the gallery at Next Stage Arts Project in Putney from Feb. 17 until May 15. The opening reception is Saturday, Feb. 17, from 4 to 6 p.m., which includes a poetry reading by Whitney at 5 p.m.
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