BRATTLEBORO — Mindy Haskins Rogers' piece is impeccable journalism, brilliantly written.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Sometimes it feels like Brattleboro is under siege, but it's a siege that is hard to define. Is it drug addiction? Is it homelessness? Is it panhandling? Is it theft? Is it a mental health issue? Is it all of the above? Just one or two of the above? No one can say exactly what is happening, but it's a conundrum that exists all over the United States. "Homelessness and other signs of disorder, like public drug use and disturbing...
If the Founding Fathers were around today, they would be flabbergasted by our inability to take even the most basic, commonsense steps to protect our children from being murdered at school. Passively accepting, year after year, horrific school shootings, like the recent slaughter in Uvalde, Texas, would strike them as collective madness, which it is. In any sizable segment of the population, there always will be some people who are so emotionally unbalanced, mentally ill, isolated and distraught, or politically...
Watch the next generation of circus stars perform Impetus, which the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) describes as “a high flying, awe inspiring theatrical circus production.” NECCA's graduating class of ProTrack students will take the virtual stage, presenting a show that, according to a news release, “captures the ways in which humans connect to influence, inspire, and irritate one another through space and time.” Impetus is the final Circus Capstone Project for professionally ready students attending the school's...
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