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...
The State Board of Libraries in charge of naming geographic features such as mountains and streams will revisit a petition to rename a local brook this month. So far, the conversation around renaming Negro Brook has touched on a multitude of issues: racism, uplifting the stories of Black women, local control, community belonging (or not), language, and reconciling history. The people having this conversation come from a myriad of life experiences. The renaming of Negro Brook represents only one of...
BRATTLEBORO-The EOS (educate, open, strengthen) Project opens the new year on Sunday, Jan. 5, with "Many Hands," a concert exploring percussion-centric works. The 3 p.m. concert at the Brattleboro Music Center will include percussion ensemble works, a marimba solo, a Brazilian Choro, and jazz tunes. Of the ten pieces, six were composed by women - a highly significant percentage in a field that has historically been dominated by men. The concert will feature Stefan Amidon, Wes Brown, Wyatt Cudworth, Julian...
Black lives matter. These three words continue to evoke anger, hope, or indifference depending on your political persuasion. As with so many issues in these polarized times, people at the ends of the spectrum are likely to be animated regarding their significance. I will state unequivocally that Black lives matter, but I will explain my position with cool and dispassionate reasoning. For people who are not Black/Indigenous/people of color (BIPOC), the question becomes, “Why do Black lives matter, and what...
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