PUTNEY — Thank you, Joyce Marcel, for this wonderfully written and accurate tribute to my mother.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
NEWFANE-After going strong for over four years, West River Valley Mutual Aid (WRVMA) recently announced in a post on Front Porch Forum that it will close its portal, citing a decline in demand over the past six months. "It is with great joy that we announce our group's disbandment!" co-leader Juliette Carr wrote on behalf of its stewards. A pandemic-spawned entity, WRVMA is summed up on its website as "Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Windham County, Vermont: West River Valley &
On Saturday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m., Open Music Collective's (OMC) Summer Jazz Intensive will be celebrating its sixth year with a concert and reception at The Hooker-Dunham Theater on Main Street in Brattleboro, featuring special guests Mitch Seidman on guitar and Dr. Catherine Jensen-Hole on vocals. Also on the program will be Claire Arenius on drums, Carl Clements on woodwinds, and Jamie MacDonald on bass. Jensen-Hole is an active performer, composer, teacher, adjudicator (someone who gives a critical evaluation...
BRATTLEBORO-At a Jan. 25 dialogue at Georgetown University between an Israeli woman, Robi Damelin, and a Palestinian man, Mohamed Abu Jafar, who both lost family members in the ongoing Mideast conflict, Damelin spoke of how surprised she was by her own spontaneous reaction upon hearing that her son was killed by a Palestinian sniper. "One of the first things that I said is, 'You cannot kill anybody in the name of my child,'" she said. "I've no idea where that...
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