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Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Good day to you, citizens of southeastern Vermont! After excessive rainfall in recent weeks, we've got two pairs of sunny days upcoming through the next seven days, with a rainy Friday sandwiched in the middle. By early next week, the coldest air of autumn comes rushing into southern Vermont, and the potential for at least light accumulating snow exists by the middle of next week when a wintry system could visit our hills and dales. Having said that, let's jump...
Latchis Arts begins the new year with a pair of film series. The Movies for Kids program returns Saturday, Jan. 6, with screenings of family-friendly films by donation on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. The series opens on January 6–7, at 11 a.m., with The Lego Movie. This "hilarious and heartfelt" 2014 release features Emmet (Chris Pratt), an ordinary Lego figurine who always follows the rules, but then gets mistakenly identified as an extraordinary being who is key to...
This week has marked Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year - a special time preceding two other important holy days, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, which also take place in September. I am sure I join with many in the local community in wishing all our Jewish neighbors a safe and prosperous new year. Even so, this time of heightened awareness and celebration can also be a time of heightened risk for our Jewish brothers and sisters. Within the past two...
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