RE: “A good session for our lawmakers” [Editorial, May 16]:
A “good session” if you call redistributing other people's money good.
Marvin Resnikoff is an international consultant on radioactive waste issues. A nuclear physicist and a...
ROCKINGHAM-I am concerned and dismayed over the recent decision by the management of North Star...
BRATTLEBORO-Denise Gebroe is correct that the issues motivating the No Surveillance in Health Care campaign...
LEYDEN, MASS.-In response to Holland Mills' recent letter, it's essential to address significant omissions and...
There was no serious damage, and no injuries on the night of Jan. 3 as firefighters dealt with a fire in a first-floor apartment on 111 Main St., between Amy's Bakery Arts Café and Miller Bros.-Newton clothiers. According to Fire Chief Michael Bucossi, the fire at what's known as the Granite Block was reported at 4:48 p.m. The second alarm was sounded at 4:57 p.m., and a third-alarm at 5:07 p.m. Staff at Amy's Bakery Arts Cafe called in the...
The assault on local retail began with the Sears catalog. Unless things change, it will be finished by Amazon. A big change in U.S. rural life began in 1913 with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery. This change paved the way for retail's decline, which has happened in several distinct phases. * * * Phase 1: A forebear of Sears, in business since 1886, adopted the Sears Roebuck Co. name in 1893. Catalog sales began in 1888, and by 1895...
Over Columbus Day weekend, the Blanche Moyse Chorale again honors the memory of its founder, Blanche Moyse, by performing a favorite selection of J.S. Bach's choral music. This year's selection is the “Christmas Oratorio.” But why in October? Simply because Mme. Moyse's celebrated New England Bach Festival (NEBF: 1969-2004) was always held in early October. Thus the scheduling of her annual Memorial Concert has followed the same tradition. Moreover, while Bach's oratorio does tell the Biblical Christmas story, this great...
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