A great project, and one I am happy and honored to be involved in.
Derrik Jordan has found a new way to get visionary musicians' work seen and heard. He is a consummate host who always seems to ask the right questions.
Rick Gordon was the founding director of the Compass School, which operated in Westminster from...
BRATTLEBORO-Have you been to 69A Elliot St. yet? Please stop in soon! It's such a...
BRATTLEBORO-I am a Connecticut-born Yankee American, second-generation Irish immigrant, raised-Catholic, 62-year-old woman working in Brattleboro.
DUMMERSTON-Without wanting to validate Trump's demonization of America's shockingly large homeless population, I would like...
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board recently approved new deer hunting rules including one that will allow hunters to harvest does with rifles during the regular November season. The rules, passed on a 7-5 vote at the board's July 16 meeting, will take effect in 2026. Current rules still govern the hunting season this year. But next year, for the first time since the 1980s, hunters in Vermont will be able to hunt female and antlerless deer using rifles and...
The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) was recently awarded a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. NECCA is the leading circus arts school in the United States. Founded in 2007 in Brattleboro, the school has grown to include a three-year professional training program alongside community classes for anyone interested in circus, as well as empowering youth and outreach programs. The $20,000 funding from the Grants for Arts Projects program supports the Circus Capstone Project, a...
Sometimes, we never get to know the difference we may make to someone. But this past Christmas, it seems that a group of us did make a difference - and we received it right back, multiplied. Our Hallowell Singers - better known for hospice singing for the Brattleboro community - led Christmas singing at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Vt., where we were joined by volunteer organizers. The response among the inmates was enthusiastic and contagious. We rose...
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