BRATTLEBORO — It's a sad day when a writer loses a job. I hope Pat Smith and Mike Fahar find meaningful work that will continue to contribute to their community.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Within the next couple of years, patrons of Brooks Memorial Library might have the option of sipping a coffee while reading their books. A coffee bar along the front east glass wall of the main floor was one of many renovations revealed by retiring Library Director Jerry Carbone to a full house of patrons and trustees on Oct. 29. Patrons use libraries differently from the way they did when the library was built in 1967, Carbone said. Some of the...
The 95-voice River Singers, led by Mary Cay Brass, are celebrating their 25th anniversary of singing together with a spring concert on Saturday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the White Church. Special guest conductor Dr. Kathy Bullock, from Berea College in Kentucky, will lead the choir in a set of rousing, poignant songs from the African-American spirituals and gospel traditions. Over the years, The River Singers have been fortunate to host choirs and teachers from many musical traditions. Among...
Thanks to Bre Ginty, Erich Kruger, Peter Siegel, and Hal Kuhns who organized the event honoring me, and to Wendy M. Levy for writing such a good article about it. Bre and Hal gave me an award as well as a pot of thyme (to allow me to have more “time” to do things) and a forever pass to the twice-a-month Sunday night contradances at the Stone Church in Brattleboro, the legacy of the dances from the Chelsea House Folklore...
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