BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro has been fortunate to have Jerry Carbone, a leader and gentleman, at the helm of its library.
Now for his golf game: perhaps a little more time devoted to the game will pick things up a bit.
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...
Centre Congregational Church's white steeple is a Brattleboro landmark, and it is the most visible feature of a historic structure that has stood on Main Street for 174 years. Soon, the steeple may serve another purpose - boosting cellular signals. After working with the church for several years, Verizon has proposed placing antennas inside the steeple's bell tower along with related equipment inside the the clock portion of the structure. The facility is designed to “significantly improve” cell service, according...
Vermont Theatre Company announced auditions for its fall production of The Receptionist, a comedy by Adam Bock directed by Bill Wieliczka. Auditions will be held on Thursday, June 22, at 6 p.m., in the Brattleboro Union High School auditorium. There are four roles for two men and two women ages twenty to 60. The show calls for: Beverly, the receptionist, age 30-50; Mr. Raymond, the boss, age 40-60; Lorraine, the co-worker, age 20-30; and Mr. Dart, the Rep from the...
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-It took less than a week to do so much damage. Less than a week for me to receive André's email with the subject line "Le pire est arrivé" - the worst has arrived. Less than a week to, among other things, shut down America's longstanding commitment to help impoverished people around the world try to improve their lives thanks to people like André and Belai and George Ali who...
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