Owing to a production error, the photograph of Stanley C. “Stan” Ryan mistakenly accompanied the obituary of Perry Casey Phoenix in the March 27 Milestones. Both obituaries are reprinted in this week's column, with our apologies to both families.
Obituaries • Jo A. (Seppala) Bailey, 74, of Vernon. Died April 24, 2024, surrounded by...
College news • Leah Madore of Williamsville has been inducted into Psi Chi, the international...
Obituaries • Maureen A. (Eakins) Bell, 53, of Brattleboro. Died suddenly at her home on...
College news • Noah Hirchi of Brookline recently received his Ph.D. in sociology from the...
The Selectboard approved preliminary plans for extensive Town Office renovations, including exterior site work, improved insulation, and adding an additional wing. The budget for the project is $228,000. At the April 23 regular Selectboard meeting, Board Chair Sheila Morse assured residents this project will require no debt or tax increase. The reserve fund can cover all costs. The town offices building dates from 1971, with an addition built in 1996. Since that time, Morse said, “as responsibilities increase, so does...
“It's like they say in Havana - if you see a line, stand in it. They probably have something you need,” writes MacLean Gander. When I lived in Manhattan, I operated on the same principle: If there was a line, I figured there was something good on offer. One time, I joined a line, but after about 30 minutes I got bored and asked someone what the line was for. The person told me it was for viewing Monseigneur Somebody...
Bread and Puppet Theater returns to Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Saturday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., with a new play, Diagonal Man: Theory and Praxis. “Diagonals are created from the leaning power of hurt verticals,” Peter Schumann, founder and director of Bread and Puppet Theater, wrote in an artist's statement. “We inhabitants of Western modernity are no strangers to verticality, from the architecture of our cities, to the 'ladder(s) of success' we're asked to scale, to the incessant...
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