BRATTLEBORO — Another excellent column by Joyce Marcel [“Kunin calls for a truce in the war on women,” April 25].
One minor correction: There are three women justices on the Supreme Court, not two. (We need them all, and more.)
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Three years after its gutting by fire, the Brooks House is heading into the home stretch of a $24 million renovation. On a walk last week through the historic 80,000 square-foot building, one could see the amazing progress made in the past four months. Wall framing still exposed in March is clad in drywall. Rows of windows fill their frames. Tile was being installed on the floor of the building's new, two-story atrium. Apartments boast cabinets, carpeting, and plumbing fixtures.
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Under Mary Westbrook-Geha's direction, the Blanche Moyse Chorale, the Strathmere Festival Orchestra and a quartet of vocal soloists will perform Bach's Mass in B-minor on Friday, April 26, at the Bellows Falls Opera House, and Saturday, April 27, at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro. Soloists include Brattleboro Music Center's New England Bach Festival (NEBF) veterans Hyunah Yu (soprano) and Steven Paul Spears (tenor), as well as Katherine Maysek (mezzo-soprano) and David Tinervia (bass), both students of baritone Sanford Sylvan,
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