PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Voters in Brookline, Jamaica, Newfane, Townshend, and Windham have a choice to make next week: whether to include the town of Windham as a full pre-kindergarten-through-grade-12 member of the West River Education District. They will also decide whether to include that town's previously approved budget for kindergarten through grade six. Right now, Windham is a member of the West River Education District for grades seven through 12, and operates its own school, Windham Elementary, for 17 primary-age students. A “yes”
Sky Hopinka's new film, maɬni - towards the ocean, towards the shore (2020), will begin screening in Epsilon Spires Virtual Cinema on Friday, April 9. A viewing link can be found at epsilonspires.org. The film (whose title is pronounced “moth-nee”) centers on Chinookan cosmology and the unfolding life transitions of its subjects, Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier. As described in a news release: “Sweetwater is pregnant and Jordan is awaiting the imminent birth of his second child. From these critical...
Yup, a hard rain fell. And some more hard rain's a-gonna fall. And then some more. A year after Tropical Storm (née Hurricane) Irene hit Vermont and changed just about everything, a few people were still arguing whether it was a once-in-a-10-year storm or a once-in-100-year storm. But most acknowledged this uneasy truth: we've entered the Era of Climate Change, and Irene might only be the beginning. A report by the Environment America Research and Policy Center called “Global Warming...
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