RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].
Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.
AmÉe LaTour is a writer for nonprofits and lover of words and human beings. Recovery...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Adair's essay is the best piece of writing I have seen in The Commons:
FLORENCE, MASS.-I just read with shock and awe, or just plain enthusiasm, a couple of...
Kris Pavek, a 71-year-old retired midwife and photographer, has often stayed in Brattleboro in summer...
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is again demanding that Vermont residents and officials have more of a say in the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. In a letter sent Oct. 14 to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the state's Democratic congressman complained that “the lack of meaningful stakeholder participation in decisions related to Vermont Yankee's decommissioning is unacceptable.” “It is essential that Vermonters have a seat at the table throughout this process,” Welch wrote. “The NRC has failed to substantively engage state...
With the expectation that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to recede, Marlboro Music has announced there will be in-person summer chamber music performances during five concert weekends from July 16 through Aug. 14. However, Marlboro Music said, safety protocols will remain in place. Proof of vaccination will be required to attend all open rehearsals and performances, with vaccination and ID cards checked at the door. Audience members will be required to wear masks in the hall. “At this time, to...
I am a nurse at the Brattleboro Retreat working on the State Hospital unit, newly opened this past year due to the demise of the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. The patients that now come to us on the State Hospital unit, officially known as the Adult Intensive Unit, or AIU, often come with a history of spending much of their lives in institutional settings due to severe, ongoing mental illness. These patients...
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