BRATTLEBORO — We here at Harmony Underground see the problem hour by hour. People are afraid to come in the parking lot, and I don't blame them.
We would love to see a business watch, like a neighborhood watch. What can be done?
Cassandra Holloway works for a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The United States is in a different place from where it was seven months...
GUILFORD-I want to commend Steev Lynn for correcting the historical record in response to Tristan...
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This would normally be the week when the basement of the Dummerston Congregational Church would be buzzing with volunteers in the home stretch of finishing the annual task of baking 1,400 pies for the annual Apple Pie Festival. This year, the second Sunday of October will be a lot quieter. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of the Pie Festival, the nearby Newfane Heritage Festival, the Putney School Harvest Festival, and a host of other autumn events. The pie...
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,
It's as if spring has never come before. How the call of the Canada goose high above my head, several weeks ago, flooded my eyes with tears. It's not as though the sound hasn't always filled me with celebratory welcome, like the sight and song of the first robin of spring, the first glistening pink earthworm in its determined transit over the muddy road. But, well, it's all more-so this time. Maybe it's because it's been so long since a...
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