SAXTONS RIVER — RE: “Former library director envisions lawsuit” [News, Sept. 25]:
It's about time someone revealed the truth. Thank you for your reporting on this very serious injustice.
Michael Gigante, Ph.D. notes: "This is a piece I wrote after the first Trump election...
ATHENS-A group of morally confused Brattleboro citizens have petitioned onto the March 4 Town Meeting...
DUMMERSTON-Dear Gov. Scott, You enjoy a broad, bipartisan base of support here in Vermont, elected...
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Committee submitted recommended funding for human services nonprofits...
Attending Annual Representative Town Meeting has often been an exercise in endurance as meetings, at least in the past 10 years, have stretched well beyond the eight-hour mark. Frustration expressed by some members around the lack of deep conversations at this year's meeting, however, highlighted ARTM's limitation in this regard. By the end of the night, the number of meeting members began to dwindle, prompting remaining members to consider - and ultimately vote down - a non-binding proposal to move...
In the recent uproar over civility, it was deeply frustrating to note the absence of civil disobedience in the discussions, and to see the time-honored tradition of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. being conflated with actions perceived to be rude and unkind. It was also dangerous, and it was also another sign of the ideology of autocracy being used to quiet resistance when government, and its officials, are doing the wrong thing. One can argue that...
On Friday, Oct. 11, at the Latchis Theatre, there will be two showings of the documentary “Love Free or Die,” a film about the life of the Rev. Eugene Robinson of New Hampshire, and how he became the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. Robinson's consecration as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2004 shook the worldwide Anglican and Episcopal churches, bringing them to near schism. He retired from the post earlier this year. Showings will be at 5:15...
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