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.
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...
Caroline Eisenhood and Keith Richards are the new owners and operators of the venerable Newfane Market, a store that has been in the village center in one form or another since 1825. Jim Borta who, along with his wife Pat, have run the store for the past 12 years, turned it over to Eisenhood and Richards on Monday. The general store has long been a local hangout for gossip, groceries and newspapers. Under the Bortas, the store expanded to include...
In recognition of National Poetry Month, Landmark College will present a poetry performance on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m., entitled “My Body, My Country,” with Desmond Peeples, Shanta Lee Gander, and featured poet U-Melani Mhlaba-Adebo. Mhlaba-Adebo describes herself as a “Leominister, Massachusetts born, Zimbabwean-American grown” poet, author, actress, singer and educator. She has performed nationally and internationally in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Portugal, and Ireland. Her poetry collection, Soul Psalms, published by She Writes Press, has been characterized by...
WESTMINSTER-I never imagined I would have to defend my Jewish identity in my own neighborhood, but the upcoming March 4 Annual Town Meeting Australian ballot in Brattleboro is forcing me to speak up. The proposed pledge of Article II, which takes a one-sided stance on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, makes me feel unwelcome in my own community. Israel is far from perfect - no country is - but reducing such a complex situation to a black-and-white issue ignores history and reality.
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