Trees precariously balanced on power lines, dragging them down to the ground, surrounded by darkened...
BRATTLEBORO-Actions taken by the town of Brattleboro to remove encampments of homeless individuals in recent...
BRATTLEBORO-Busing issues in the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) caused real mayhem last week on...
BELLOWS FALLS-WOOL-FM 91.5 Black Sheep Radio in Bellows Falls is celebrating its 20th anniversary this...
Not all children are lucky enough to have a drag queen read to them, but some recently had the opportunity at the Rockingham Free Public Library. As part of the Storytime for Social Justice program at the library, Sam Maskell, the Youth Services Librarian, invited Miss Ginger Soulless, a performer with the Ladies of the Rainbow drag troupe, to be a guest reader. “Storytime for Social Justice is a fairly new program for the [library's] youth department, which takes place...
Kurn Hattin Homes for Children welcomes the public to attend its Annual Jazz Invitational on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m., with performances by the Dylan Chambers Jazz Ensemble, Vermont Academy Jazz Ensemble, Vermont Jazz Center High School Jazz Ensemble, and Kurn Hattin Homes Beginning and Select jazz ensembles. Jazz groups from local schools are invited each year to participate in the annual event to showcase their musical skills. The event is hosted by Eugene Uman, artistic director of the...
I am not sure where Daniel Cohen got the idea that (to quote his letter) the piece I wrote [“Buzz kill,” Viewpoint, April 16] “wants to maintain the thoroughly useless, life-destroying, tax-funded War on Drugs.” My intention (as stated in the piece) was to “educate, not legislate.” From my Viewpoint: “Should legalization occur, the state Legislature would certainly need to include funding for major educational programs to inform youth and parents about the connections between marijuana and mental health.” My...
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