BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
In rural Vermont, connecting patients with doctors - and especially with medical specialists - can be a major challenge. Now, state lawmakers have approved a bill that could help bridge that gap without building new medical offices or hiring more doctors. Instead, S.50 aims to expand the use of telemedicine, defined as health care services delivered via a live, interactive audio and video connection. The bill also mandates that all insurers reimburse for such services. The bill's broadening of telemedicine...
This fall, southern Vermont photographer John Willis has two books in the works. George F. Thompson Publishing, in association with the American Land Publishing Project, has just released a new edition of Willis's celebrated book of photographs of the Oglala Lakota Sioux community at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Views from the Reservation. In November, the same publisher will bring out a new book by Willis, Mni Wiconi/Water Is Life, about the sacrifice and spiritual dedication of thousands of people who...
One night in February 2020, a homeless man in Bennington went to sleep under a bridge. He had a voucher to spend the night in a Motel 6 miles down the road, but he didn't have a ride to get there. It was 4 degrees outside. Thierry Heuga died that night. The next day would have been his 58th birthday. I mourned Thierry's shortened life, the disappearance of his laughing eyes and kind heart. I mourned this dire issue in...
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