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.
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...
Vermont electoral officials agree: The COVID-19 pandemic will significantly upend this year's traditional Town Meeting season. They just can't sum up how yet. “We know of a few towns that have said they're going to change their date or move to Australian ballot,” said Secretary of State Jim Condos. “But everybody at this point is kind of playing it by ear.” In a typical year, Vermont's municipalities would now be posting notices for town meetings and votes on or around...
“Every once in a while you have to take risks,” says Mara Williams, chief curator of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). Williams is speaking about “Portraits, Expanded,” the new show on display at BMAC through early January, 2015. This multi-gallery exhibit features work by artists who extend the traditional concept of portraiture to include language, voice, time, history, community, and culture. Using an innovative range and variety of media and techniques, the artists in this exhibit show us...
On Oct. 4, another haunting and disturbing photo appeared in The New York Times. The photo showed an auditorium full of white, presumably Christian, people protesting an Alaska mask mandate. They were wearing the yellow stars that Jews who targeted for extermination were forced to wear under the oppressive regime of Adolf Hitler and those leaders who were happy to follow his hateful lead. This latest far-right display of anti-Semitism and pure ignorance follows a spate of hateful, anti-semitic words...
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