GUILFORD — RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
Roger Katz was one of the good guys, one of the best. Very sad to say goodbye.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Gretchen Havreluk, Wilmington's Economic & Community Development Consultant, was late to a June 28 meeting on broadband internet access with U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., in Brattleboro. Why? Havreluk said she was in her office at her home in Jacksonville, trying to submit a grant application for Wilmington to the Vermont Agency of Transportation. She said she could not download the information because her internet connection was too slow. That little vignette illustrated the frustration that many Vermonters still experience...
The Marlboro College Library and the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro have been selected as one of 100 libraries nationwide to take part in the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for underserved teens. According to a news release, this competitive grant is offered by the American Library Association with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Staff from Marlboro and the Boys & Girls Club will work with teens to read and discuss stories that...
RE: “The pit bull quandary” [Voices, June 13]. Dog attacks and dog bites are a people problem, not a dog problem. First off, no dog “snaps,” not even pit-bull type dogs. Dogs give indications of their behavior long before anything happens. People just don't notice when dogs start to exhibit their lack of respect for the family hierarchy; that is a people problem, not a dog problem. On to the point of pit bulls in particular being inherently dangerous. Any...
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