BRATTLEBORO — I'm writing in appreciation of the beautiful flowers we have throughout downtown Brattleboro this summer!
Our quality of life is higher because of these flowers. Many thanks to those who are responsible for them.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Hello and good day to you, residents of lovely Windham County, Vermont! I hope things are well with you. The foliage certainly has been more plentiful and beautiful this season compared to the last couple of years. This has been supported by the last half of summer bringing sunnier periods along with cooler, drier nights. As for the next week, our fair weather stretch is waning rapidly with the anticipated development of a powerful Nor'easter tracking through southeastern New England...
Let's begin with what the Age of Enlightenment was. It was a time when objective thought, science and math, reason and structure, and evidence-based conclusions were a radical departure from the previous world of the tyranny of belief systems as the sole authority in one's life. The hope was that humanity had a reset, a more productive path toward understanding the world and creating a better civilization. And for a while, the premise seemed to make good on its promise.
The Brattleboro Music Center EOS (Educate. Open. Strengthen.) Project's first performance of the 2021-2022 season draws its inspiration from Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes' iconic “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” The concert is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the BMC at 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Tickets at $20 are available at bmcvt.org. As analyzed in a news release, “The Hughes poem recounts ancestral connections from days long since past, cultural roots that extend wide and deep/past...
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