BRATTLEBORO — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
A nice tribute to a good friend who is already missed by many.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Town Clerk Annette Cappy said that for her, becoming a town clerk was kismet. “It clicked for me,” said Cappy. When Brattleboro hired her “cold” to the position, “I don't think I had a clue what I was getting into when I took this job,” she said. Twenty-five years later, Cappy has built a local reputation as one of Vermont's best town clerks. The Vermont Municipal Clerks' and Treasurers' Association formalized that reputation statewide by naming her Town Clerk of...
An evening of community contra and square dances will take place at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Andy Davis will be calling the dance. Music will be provided by the band Flicker. This is a group of young musicians with Ellery Witman and Hillary Weitzner on fiddles, and Avery Witman on cello. Everest Witman will be sitting in on guitar. There will be a traditional folk tale midway through...
Growing up, I didn't know much about my own history. My father arrived in the United States in an attempt to escape war; he did not recollect or share with us. Three years ago, I decided to return to Lebanon and to see for myself. I learned that when Israel invaded southern Lebanon in 1982, they assisted in forming a repressive South Lebanon Army - a reactionary force that was known for its collaboration with occupiers and its brutal torture...
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