What a lovely piece! It's so hard to make such a huge sacrifice, even when we know it's the best and right thing to do.
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...
Warm temperatures, heavy rain, and floating ice contributed to localized flooding along the Whetstone Brook in West Brattleboro on Jan. 24. Emergency services evacuated more than 50 people from the Mountain Home and Glen Park mobile home parks and Melrose Terrace. Brattleboro's Department of Public Works oversaw the demolition of two ice jams on Whetstone Brook. There were no reported injuries. Fire Chief Michael Bucossi received the emergency call at approximately 12:49 p.m. on Jan. 24. According to Bucossi, an...
New England Youth Theatre, 100 Flat St., presents a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's bewitching tale of faithful friends, feuding families, and lovers in disguise, As You Like It. Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery, with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, and directed by Rebecca Waxman, the show will be performed at 7 p.m. on Aug. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 3, 4, and 10. Featuring an original folk-pop score...
I cannot let Gerard Cloutier's selective dismissal of Kevin O'Keefe's recent Viewpoint go unchallenged. Cloutier (let me guess ... straight, white, male?) cites numerous statistics claiming that latest statistics show criminal activity has decreased. One criminal statistic he does not cite is that hate crimes have risen steadily since 2015, when Donald Trump began his presidential campaign in earnest. The piece does not address O'Keefe's mention of congressional inaction, despite majority public support, on gun-control legislation. Nor does he address...
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