RE: “Remembering Kate” [Memoir, April 25].
A courageous and touching personal story, beautifully told. Thank you, Mary Ellen Copeland!
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
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BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
When current Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman decided to not seek another term and instead run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, it set in motion a free-for-all in both parties to fill his seat. On the Democratic side, Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, Assistant Attorney General Molly Gray, Chittenden County Sen. Debbie Ingram, and Newfane activist Brenda Siegel are all on the Aug. 11 primary ballot. On their ballot, Republican voters will choose between Dana Colson Jr. of Sharon, Meg...
An acclaimed French choreographer is collaborating with members from the elderly population in Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont to create a new look for a classic ballet. Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) has teamed up with Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts (MIFA) to bring to New England for a three-week residency Thierry Thie Thieû Niang. Joining participants aged 60 to 100, Niang will workshop a re-imagining of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring that will culminate in performances Wednesday, May...
Twenty years ago, when my eldest daughter started college, the cost of tuition, fees, and room and board at a nonprofit private university was $31,590 per year, or $126,360 for four years. The cost of tuition and fees at a four-year public non-profit college was $5,020 per year, or $20,080 if the student finished in four years. These sums seemed astronomical then, as they still do now. We worried about how we'd be able to afford this on our modest...
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