BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
On June 10, the Brooks House Development Team, Stevens & Associates, P.C., and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC received an award from the Preservation Trust of Vermont for the Brooks House renovation and preservation project, according to a news release. The awards recognize outstanding examples of historic preservation in projects recently completed in Vermont. The team received the award for its work in renovating and rehabilitating the historic Brooks House, located in downtown Brattleboro. The award recognizes Stevens & Associates and...
The Brattleboro Concert Choir (BCC) has launched its Stay-At-Home Sing-Along program in the spirit of enthusiastically committing to building and maintaining musical community. “Especially now, music is an essential source of joy, solace, solidarity, and hope,” the organization writes in a news release. Every other Sunday at 2 p.m., beginning Sept. 13, the BCC and Music Director Jonathan Harvey will host a collective online sing of great choral works. Selections will include favorite Romantic pieces by Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert, and...
I was recently in Washington, D.C. at the National Portrait Gallery. While walking through the various rooms I came across a painting, “Surrender of a Confederate Soldier,” by Vermont-born artist Julian Scott. The placard read: “At the age of fifteen, Julian Scott lied about his age to enlist in the Union army. He rose from drummer boy to infantryman, and for his service he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor.” “After his discharge he became an artist, initially focusing on...
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