BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
GUILFORD-A term often used regarding a military action is "collateral damage." This term masks the...
After a long, often acrimonious, process of negotiation that included bitter opposition from alumni and former faculty and staff, Marlboro College no longer is a college in Marlboro. On July 21, the school's campus was sold to Democracy Builders Fund, and two days later, the college's trustees announced that the transfer of Marlboro's programming, assets, and endowment to Emerson College in Boston was complete. The Vermont Attorney General's Office announced that it would not intervene in either transaction after scrutinizing...
“Cover your mouth; you don't want to breathe that in.” This is the phrase I hear all too often at my summer job as a landscaper. Toward the middle of the season, our job becomes entirely about maintenance. When you get to a site, you go through the same routine: weed, cultivate, water, and dust. Dusting is our term for spreading insecticide. We shake a fine, white powder from a spice container onto the plants. It is always the last...
“There/There” is an exhibit of abstract landscape paintings by Frank Jackson, made on burlap using the quick-drying medium of fresco. The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present two events in connection with the exhibit: a transfer prints workshop with Jackson on Saturday, July 23, and a conversation with Jackson and Sarah Freeman, the exhibit's curator, on Sept. 16. At the workshop, Jackson will guide participants of all skill levels in creating transfer prints, a process that begins with...
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