Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Zach Rounds, a paramedic with Rescue Inc. in Brattleboro, described his good friend Joe Thompson as “one of the hardest working people I've ever met.” Thompson, 63, died of pancreatic cancer on April 29 after an eight-month battle with the disease. He leaves a long legacy of service to the community. “I first met Joe because he did the driver's education for ambulance drivers. For over 40 years, almost every driver in our organization went through Joe's cone course. He...
Before my life began, I was already an immigrant. My family emigrated in 1996, during the time of the first government of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Day by day, the political, social, and economic situations - all the parts of the society that touched on our lives - were getting worse. As a result, lots of families couldn't live in Afghanistan anymore. My family was among them. My mom, one month pregnant with me, immigrated to Iran. * * *
On Saturday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m., Open Music Collective's (OMC) Summer Jazz Intensive will be celebrating its sixth year with a concert and reception at The Hooker-Dunham Theater on Main Street in Brattleboro, featuring special guests Mitch Seidman on guitar and Dr. Catherine Jensen-Hole on vocals. Also on the program will be Claire Arenius on drums, Carl Clements on woodwinds, and Jamie MacDonald on bass. Jensen-Hole is an active performer, composer, teacher, adjudicator (someone who gives a critical evaluation...
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