The calendar says spring started on March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family...
BELLOWS FALLS-Happy Spring! Shh, the snow has gone. I am saying this quietly, lest I...
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BRATTLEBORO-It's here: the season of good cheer. With days and nights filled with holiday-themed office...
Due to the pandemic, there is no in-person early voting in Brattleboro. However, all active registered voters were automatically mailed a ballot. Voters are urged to follow the instructions included with the ballot, including signing the certificate envelope and making sure the ballot is inside that envelope. Voters are asked to use a black ballpoint pen or a no. 2 pencil to mark the ballot. “Do not use a marker, as it can bleed through to the back of your...
Latchis Arts’ Spotlight Series returns in February with a month of films curated in collaboration with Keene State College’s KSC Film Society. Spotlight is a curated series featuring films that highlight different voices in film, in this case the curatorial voice of students at Keene State College. The KSC Film Society is a student organization of film aficionados who meet weekly to share their passion for film and to program weekend screenings at KSC’s Putnam Theater, bringing the best of...
Ten years ago, I wrote these words from a well of grief after the multiple nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan: “I imagine being told to evacuate my family (three children and two pets), along with 140,000 other people, into a homeland that is already a disaster from an earthquake and a tsunami. I imagine myself knowing I am leading them into a radiation zone. I imagine not being able to smell it, see it, feel it.” Nobody knew then what...
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