Stories by Joyce Marcel
Issue of Jan 25, 2023 (#699)

- ‘I had nothing left’: The closing of Hotel Pharmacy marks the end of family-run drugstores in Brattleboro — thanks, its owner says, to insurance and pharmaceutical industry pricing practices that made it impossible not to lose money
Issue of Jan 18, 2023 (#698)

- Ready to govern, but waiting for government: Balint reflects on her first days in the U.S. House of Representatives and the turbulent leadership change in the lower chamber
Issue of Jun 29, 2022 (#670)

- The despicable patriarchy is rising again: ‘I don’t want to be part of this kind of America, where the patriarchy is trying to drag us back into the Dark Ages. So what is to be done?’
Issue of May 11, 2022 (#663)

- Food as art, art as food: After four decades of cooking, retired caterer Sharon Myers returns to her first love — sculpture and textiles
Issue of Apr 27, 2022 (#661)

- An iconic market reborn: Julia Tadlock reimagines the Newfane Flea Market for a new era — and as a place to re-engage with friends and neighbors
Issue of Nov 3, 2021 (#637)

- Asking the vital questions of life: Brooks Memorial Library hosts award-winning book author Katherine Paterson for a reading at Centre Congregational Church
Issue of Sep 29, 2021 (#632)

- A Windham County life in art: Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts gallery will present a 30-year retrospective on the photographic work of Christine Triebert
Issue of Sep 1, 2021 (#628)

- Tropical Storm Irene’s impact, one year in: The flooding from Irene catastrophically altered the economy and the ecosystems of Vermont. In our very human need to restore things to the way they were, were we making a huge error? On this 10th anniversary week, we remember what it took to get back and how we were looking to a future that is now here.
Issue of Aug 11, 2021 (#625)

- Winners and losers: Downtown Brattleboro emerges from a long period of shutdown with inevitable change and cautious optimism on the part of merchants
Issue of Aug 4, 2021 (#624)

- ‘We were still a family’: The end of a marriage turned out to be the beginning of the rest of a 60-year life together
Issue of Oct 14, 2020 (#583)

- High hopes for winter tourism: COVID-19 continues to hammer Vermont’s hospitality sector, and much is riding on a successful ski season
Issue of May 20, 2020 (#562)

- Walking the tightrope: County’s long-term care facilities are — so far — free of COVID-19 infections, but staff are taking no chances
Issue of Apr 22, 2020 (#558)

- Libraries go virtual — with a human touch: Doors may be closed at county’s libraries, but staff are working harder than ever to continue providing services
Issue of Apr 15, 2020 (#557)

- Some jobs you can’t phone in: Plumbers, mechanics, and other tradespeople are still working — carefully — through the pandemic