BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Sherri Keefe, for your efforts to protect others from predation and abuse.
It takes such courage to stand alone in the face of all you're enduring when you tell your story.
Much love and support to you.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Have you avoided the library because you're embarrassed about your late fees? Is there a book you keep meaning to return, but you've had it so long you can't bear to face the librarian, so you keep putting it off? Meanwhile, the overdue fees keep accruing... You're not alone. Brooks Memorial Library Director Starr LaTronica wants to remove the shame of returning materials past their due date. She also wants to do away with late fees. And she's not alone.
BRATTLEBORO-In connection with a new exhibition on contemporary Ukrainian folk art, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is offering two workshops in pysanky, the traditional Ukrainian folk art of egg decoration. Led by instructor Jenny Santa Maria, the workshops will take place at the museum on Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Santa Maria will share the history and traditions surrounding pysanky, provide instructions on how to design an egg, and allow time for an independent...
With the 2022 Vermont rate of 37 opioid deaths per 100,000 people, who among us is asking themselves this question: “Why does Windham County have the distinction of having the highest rate in the state at 56.4 deaths per 100,000?” No stranger to the long-term effects of the family disease of addiction, we escaped death by opioid overdose - barely. I am writing today not because I have the answer or even an answer. I am, however, writing because I...
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