“A simple quiz” [Voices, Sept. 5] was a very-well-done article.
To any who might say that I'm anti-God or even anti-religion, I would reply: No. Just anti-theocracy.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
A community member recently presented concerns to the Selectboard over issues of making the downtown area more accessible to people with disabilities. Robin Scudder told board members that she was present to represent her concerns. Those concerns, she said, are echoed by the town's ADA Advisory Committee, which acts as a liaison among the business community, and residents with disabilities, and town government over compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. At the Selectboard's Aug. 7 meeting, Scudder talked...
The Latchis Theatre is showing Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film, “Modern Times,” on Thursday, Sept. 1. Unlike in most screenings of this silent movie, however, the accompanying music will come not from the film's soundtrack but from local musician Dan DeWalt's piano, as he provides a live, part-composed, part-improvised score. DeWalt is a composer and multi-instrumentalist, playing in various bands, such as Simba and the Creacion Latin Big Band, and in various regional musical theater productions. Considered by the American Film...
That is not the question. The question is whether organizations large or small should have the same voice and influence as individual people. In a world where money and political access dominate and where the institutions they control have the power and influence to disinform and misinform, there has to be a return to balance. Only people are people - corporations, unions, churches, and other such entities are not. Although our founding fathers were only people and susceptible to mistakes...
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