WEST BRATTLEBORO — Beautifully written! It's easy to lose sight of the ones we do help when we focus our hearts on the ones we can't.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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“I think there's a misconception that people who shop in thrift stores are not discerning,” Experienced Goods Thrift Shop's Assistant Manager Ellen Graham told The Commons. “But, to successfully shop in a thrift store, you must be discerning,” she said. “You're shopping for used clothing in weird lighting,” Graham says used clothing is “only a good deal if it's wearable." Part of Graham's job is sorting through every piece of clothing and pair of shoes - well, they hope the...
The Actors Theatre Playhouse plans to spend its 2019 season with three different productions aimed straight at your funny bone. ATP's annual Ten Minute Play Festival begins June 6 and runs through June 22, followed by Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight and Magnolias on July 25 through Aug. 17 and Alan Ayckbourn's The Time of My Life on Sept. 6 through 28. The 2019 Ten Minute Play Festival kicks off the new season on Thursday, June 6, featuring the eight winners of...
I landed in the shelter with my kids about six years ago. Having to accept help, instead of being the one providing help, is a horrible experience - degrading and depressing. For my kids' sake, I treated it as an adventure. (To this day my daughter remembers that time as having “so much fun,” but I cringe when she mentions “when we lived in the shelter” in front of others.) We're moving out of the area now, on an extremely...
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