Recent stories:
• Economic problems in southern Vermont - lack of jobs, etc.
• Opposition to Justice Center in Bellows Falls.
• Opposition to gas plant in Vernon.
• Opposition to wind power plant.
Gee, can there be a connection here?
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
The Brattleboro Words Trail is collaborating with community partners to host an official dedication of a state historic marker recognizing the achievements of Lucy Terry Prince, considered the nation's first African American poet, and her husband, Abijah Prince. The Princes, early Black landowners in Guilford and Sunderland, Vt. in the mid-1700s, eloquently advocated for civil rights. A drummer and special speakers will commemorate the placement of the marker at the Guilford Welcome Center (Exit 1 on Interstate 91) Tuesday, Oct.
Two longtime residents, Tom Ragle and Don McLean, will collaborate on a public reading of Sonnets on Wednesday, May 13. The 7 p.m. program will take place at Guilford Community Church, and is admission-free with donations welcome. Sharing a belief that poetry, which originated as an oral tradition, should be liberated from the page and read aloud, McLean and Ragle decided to help revive the practice of public recitation of the works of both classic and less-known poets. Both readers...
Last week, I watched as my studio building and almost all of my paintings burned to ashes, but the goodness Petey and I have received since then vastly overshadows the loss. Thank you to all those who have stopped us, texted us, written us, and called us with your warm wishes, your grief and understanding, your pledges of help and support, your stories, your love and sharing. I've always believed truth and beauty live within the small places, which is...
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