BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
BRATTLEBORO-Have you been to 69A Elliot St. yet? Please stop in soon! It's such a...
BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
BRATTLEBORO-More than 80 adults ages 19 to 26 have come to town from Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, and Ethiopia to engage in college prep. Through Welcome Corps on Campus, a U.S. Department of State program that empowers U.S. colleges and universities to enroll and support refugee students through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the School for International Training (SIT) opened its classrooms and dorms to welcome these students chosen to participate from among several thousand WCC applicants. At SIT's...
The Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) is celebrating 36 years of Student Arts Month, which takes place during the month of March. Throughout the years, ACWC has celebrated blossoming young artists in Windham County while recognizing the teachers and school infrastructures that help these students flourish. The organization has partnered with venues, schools, and teachers to arrange activities featuring the work of young artists throughout Windham County. Between eight and 10 county high schools, as well as many elementary...
As Donald Trump sends the U.S. spiraling down in a morass of chest puffing and violence, it is time for us to take stock of what we are prepared to do to stop another nightmarish war in the Middle East. It will take more than hand-wringing and clicking on internet petitions. Most likely, we will have to be willing to get arrested, to stop business as usual, to do whatever is necessary to make the unstable boss-man and the neo-con...
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