BROOKLINE — Thank you, Becca Balint, for sharing your grandfather's words. It is beyond sad that such a kind, thoughtful man was murdered in Austria years ago, yet this hateful energy is still alive today.
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When current Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman decided to not seek another term and instead run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, it set in motion a free-for-all in both parties to fill his seat. On the Democratic side, Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, Assistant Attorney General Molly Gray, Chittenden County Sen. Debbie Ingram, and Newfane activist Brenda Siegel are all on the Aug. 11 primary ballot. On their ballot, Republican voters will choose between Dana Colson Jr. of Sharon, Meg...
Next Stage Arts Project continues its bimonthly Local Music & Food series in the Next Stage Cafe on Friday, Jan. 17, with Molly Steinmark's trio M.O.D. and dinner from the Top of the Hill Grill. M.O.D. plays a mix of funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, and R&B and features Steinmark on drums and vocals plus a rotating cast of some of the area's finest musicians. For this concert/dance party, Darby Wolf (keyboards and bass) and Dan Thomas (guitar) round out...
Recently, a friend dropped by while she was out campaigning for a local candidate. She was bundled for the cold and wore a small dove pin on her sweater. When I asked about it, she said it had been made in Cambodia in an area that had been bombed. People who live there collect pieces of shrapnel from the bombs, she explained, and fashion them into dove pins. On the pins inscribed in very small letters is the word “peace”
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