RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
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...
For years, state troopers based in Windham County had to work around obstacles that have nothing to do with criminal activity - problems like cramped quarters, outdated electrical systems, subpar security, and an evidence area that “leaked like a sieve.” On Aug. 18, state police opened the Westminster complex's doors to the press and public to show off improvements including enhanced security and evidence-handling infrastructure; greatly expanded work and storage space; and a modern dispatching center that handles thousands of...
Local composer Larry Siegel has written a new work about one of the seminal figures in the modern contradance movement, Dudley Laufman. Next Stage, the Monadnock Folklore Society, and the Brattleboro Music Center present Keith Murphy as Laufman in the world premiere of The Dancingmaster of Canterbury. A unique combination of music, dance, and storytelling, the work is a musical portrait of Laufman, a legendary contradance caller who almost single-handedly provides the link between the old days of rural contradancing...
We write to you as concerned members of the community, parents of students, and graduates/former students of the district and Brattleboro Union High School. Since the publication of Mindy Haskins Rogers' article in The Commons [“No more secrecy,” Viewpoint, Aug. 11] detailing years of grooming and abuse at BUHS, we have been actively involved in discussions about healing and accountability. Some of us participated in the School Board meeting on Aug. 24, and we seek to be both resources to...
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