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.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
Twenty residents at Groundworks Shelter (formerly Morningside Shelter) were displaced on Sept. 10, after a small fire broke out in a clothes dryer. No one was hurt, but the noontime fire resulted in extensive smoke damage to the Royal Road shelter. According to a news release, Groundworks' staff mobilized quickly and temporarily relocated residents of the shelter to the dormitory that is used for the winter warming shelter on the Winston Prouty (formerly Austine School) campus. The relocation could last...
On Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m., organist Alexander Meszler will use the historic Estey organ at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St., to present Walls of Sound: The Ecology of the Borderlands, an original composition exploring the natural environment of the Sonoran Desert at the U.S.-Mexico border. Walls of Sound brings together collaborators from across disciplines including music, science, activism, and theater, and was funded in part by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York. Through Walls of Sound,
When I think about labor movements and unions, two favorite stories come to mind, and both are true. The first one is about a group of girls and young women known as the Lowell Factory Girls. They worked in the mills and factories of Lowell, Massachusetts in the 19th century. Little more than children who labored for long days doing dangerous and exhausting work, they revolted in 1836 when their dismal wages were cut while their factory-owner-mandated living expenses went...
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