We inadvertently omitted a name on “Police should be taking hate speech seriously,” a letter that appeared in the July 18 issue. The letter should have been signed by both Arlene Distler and Steve Minkin.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
The number of people in the United States age 65 and older reached 55.8 million in 2020, or nearly 17% of the population. That is estimated to grow to 73 million by 2030, and by 2050, it is estimated that 27 million people will need long-term care. That figure may be low. At some point in their lives, statistics say that 70% of adults 65 and older will require long-term care, with an average stay of 3.2 years. That could...
As Dec. 18 turns into the 19th - at the stroke of midnight - the creators of Sonic Blanket invite us all to tune into WVEW, 107.7 FM, as three local artists launch a yearlong multimedia collaboration designed, according to a recent media release, to address pandemic-spawned “themes of isolation, community, history, and place.” Conceived by Brattleboro artist Jonathan Gitelson and including poet/writer Diana Whitney and composer, performer, and sound artist Weston Olencki, Sonic Blanket sprang from pandemic living. The...
First, I'll thank Edward Morris for writing, in his reply to Joyce Marcel's recent column [“The despicable patriarchy is rising again,” June 29], that he will be voting after recently moving here. Everyone who is of voting age should want to vote. It is not only a right given to us by the Constitution but for me also an obligation. As my dad told me back when I was protesting the Vietnam War, “It is all fine and well, this...
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