Tom Schiedler shows that one is never too old to learn about and appreciate a new art form. Thank you for making me look in a different way.
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...
Toastmasters meets Feb. 13 at Marlboro Grad Center BRATTLEBORO - BrattleMasters, the Brattleboro-based chapter of Toastmasters International, meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of Marlboro College Graduate Center, 28 Vernon St. The club's next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 13, and three speeches and evaluations are planned, as is the meeting's popular table topics challenge on off-the-cuff speaking. Guests are welcome, and refreshments are provided. There is no pressure...
Guilford Center Stage announces auditions for its first production, Tourists Accommodated, a comedy by Vermont author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Auditions will be held on Wednesday, July 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Grange in Guilford Center. Those unable to attend during those hours may contact the directors for an audition. Guilford Center Stage is the work of Grange members Laura Lawson Tucker and Don McLean, and was formed in response to community requests for more arts and other...
My wife's Aunt Mary had her 90th birthday not long ago, and we went to Connecticut for the celebration. Aunt Mary is still as quick and spry as anyone could be, except not so mobile anymore. She greeted me like a member of her family. It was a warm and kind gathering. That side of the family has a lot of church people among them, and it was a beautiful occasion, with singing and a wonderful poem from a pastor...
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