WARDSBORO — Howard Fairman, you sound like a bitter skier talking about snowboarders when the mountains started letting “those kind” on the slopes.
Don't you believe in diversity on the trails?
“Oasis” means different things to different people.
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...
Plans are falling into place to make sure that a restored and reopened historic diner installed downtown 80 years ago heads into its next 80 years on a strong and sustainable foundation. Literally. Over a year ago, the citizen's group Rockingham for Progress Inc. signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with former owner Brian McAllister, for the Miss Bellows Falls Diner, on Rockingham Street. The 1941 Worcester Lunch Car has been closed for over three years. Rockingham For Progress, a civic organization...
BRATTLEBORO-Learning one musical instrument takes years of study, possibly lessons, learning to read music, practice, and more practice. Now, imagine a band where each member has to learn four or five instruments because they swap instruments and lead vocals on every song. You get a band called Fantastic Cat, which debuts at the Stone Church on Tuesday, May 6. Called "gloriously fun," "the Harlem Globetrotters of Americana" by Rolling Stone and "some of New York's best singer-songwriters," by West Virginia...
Proud Boys? I'd rather be proud to be a man - one who accepts the fact that his childhood was far from perfect, that this life is far from perfect. I'd like to be one who accepts that he needs help from another person or other people from time to time to deal with the scary places and feelings in my gut. I'm overwhelmed with hints and jabs to the effect that I'm small, powerless, and worthless compared to “others.”
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