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.
Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...
Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...
BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...
Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...
BRATTLEBORO-It's been a month of lengthy, intense Selectboard meetings since Representative Town Meeting (RTM) rejected the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget on March 22. The strain has showed. RTM voters rejected a municipal budget that would represent a 12% increase in town taxes, or an overall 6.2% increase in Brattleboro property owners' total tax burden, if you factor in the school district budget. With three newly elected board members whom many voted into office to bring new voices and...
GUILFORD-The Blues Society, a new documentary by Augusta Palmer, will have its Vermont premiere on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 7:30 p.m. This is the concluding presentation of the Kopkind filmmakers' workshop and retreat in collaboration with the Center for Independent Documentary (CID). The subject of the film is the Memphis Country Blues Festival, an event described by organizers in a news release as one "blues masters and beatniks created [...] that rocked the foundations of conservative America." The screening, followed...
Medical research indicates that early trauma, whether physical or emotional, can lead to hypersensitization of the central nervous system - the brain and spinal cord - in later years. Central sensitization conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and/or migraine cause misery. Early trauma, whether physical or emotional, can also lead to post-traumatic stress syndrome, anxiety attacks, and a multitude of other health ailments that affect not only the children but also our health resources. How are we impacting these...
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