Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Last week, 0.5 percent of registered voters approved a $27.8 million Brattleboro Union High School District #6 budget for fiscal year 2016. Of the 14,174 eligible voters from the district towns of Brattleboro, Vernon, Guilford, Putney, and Dummerston, only 73 voters came to the BUHS gym to pass the budget overwhelmingly on a voice vote on Feb. 10. School board chair Robert Woodworth told the small audience that despite declining enrollments at other schools, the Brattleboro Area Middle School has...
On four Mondays - Nov. 23 and 30, and Dec. 7 and 14 - from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Brattleboro Area Hospice (BAH) will host a book discussion group based on Sallie Tisdale's book Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying. The free event will take place via Zoom and is open to Windham County residents. As described in promotions by publisher Simon and Schuster, Tisdale offers a “lyrical, thought-provoking, yet...
In January of 2015, a young woman was sexually violated by a star swimmer from Stanford University. This young woman has shown the courage to speak not only of her own trauma and loss, but of the common experience of women around the world who are the victims of sexual assault. In her address to her attacker and to the court, the unnamed victim brought to light the excruciating aftermath of the assault, describing an experience shared by millions of...
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