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MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
As part of his “Capital for a Day” tour through Windham County on Oct. 23, Gov. Phil Scott and his cabinet joined the Brattleboro Selectboard and town staff for a listening session. “We are doing well here but we are facing the same challenges that other communities face,” Selectboard chair Kate O'Connor told Scott. On the positive side, O'Connor spotlighted the town's businesses, festivals, and social ethic. O'Connor highlighted some of what's going well in Brattleboro. For example, the Whetstone...
The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm Music Under the Stars summer concert series concludes Saturday, Aug. 21 with a performance by the Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra (PESO), who will offer what concert organizers describe as “a much-needed feel-good Caribbean vibe.” The Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, a steel pan band founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, N.Y., performs around the U.S. and overseas. The free concert will be held at Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square. Gates open 5:30 p.m.;
HINSDALE, N.H.-Carol, my beloved wife of 63 years, passed away on May 8, and her funeral was held May 17 at St. Michael Roman Catholic Church in Brattleboro. It was a beautiful day and we had a beautiful Mass that ended around 1 p.m. My daughter and I led the procession that followed her casket to the hearse waiting at the curb. Initially, the hearse blocked the view of anything beyond, but as we approached, we were absolutely stunned to...
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