Having had a musical education myself, I found Laura Stevenson's explanation of her adjustment to a cochlear implant very informative.
What patience is required for a mother to help a child who has received a CI to learn to hear.
Lindsey Britt is a textile artist, solution-finder, award-winning vegan baker, and nonprofit administrator who serves...
Tim Hayes is retired as a junior high school teacher at Marlboro School, where he...
Bert Picard is an activist, having retired as a Teamster truck driver who has organized...
The writer is the local organizer of NALC Branch 37. BRATTLEBORO-On Sunday, March 23, a...
It's been the warmest winter on record in Vermont, with mean temperatures five to 10 degrees above normal and snowfall several feet below normal statewide, the National Weather Service reported at a meeting here March 17. Such statistics meant that the gathering of state officials and emergency responders took on a different tone than originally intended. Rather than the usual discussion of ice-jam inundation, talk turned to earlier-than-usual brush-fire risks and possible flooding from heavy rainfall. In spite of the...
The duo Emma's Revolution will present a concert to benefit the Community Asylum Seekers Project Friday, Oct. 25, at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church at 7:30 p.m. Emma's Revolution is the dynamic, award-winning activist duo of Pat Humphries and Sandy O, whose songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama, covered by Holly Near, and praised by Pete Seeger. With beautiful harmonies and genre-defying eclecticism, the performance will include tributes to Seeger, a friend and mentor. CASP is currently hosting...
Helpers are needed at Brattleboro's very own, first-ever Tiny House Fest Vermont on Sunday, Sept. 4. Many jobs and different shifts are available, including pre-event tasks. Volunteers will gain admission to the festival and some other fun perks. For more information about volunteering or to sign up, contact Jennifer Jacobs, volunteer coordinator, at [email protected]. For more information about the festival or to buy a festival pass (and tiny house inspired local art), visit indiegogo.com/projects/tiny-house-fest-vermont#/.
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