Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
MARLBORO-Covid showed us how to combat global warming and climate change. Remember the photos of...
BRATTLEBORO-Rep. Emilie Kornheiser has the knowledge, the experience, and the relationships to do the job...
BRATTLEBORO-By fighting for programs for the most marginalized, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser ensures a better quality...
In our culture, it is common for people to avoid talking about death - our own or that of someone we love. Sometimes people need help starting those conversations. Kasey March is a death doula - a person who helps guide and console a dying person, and their family and friends, during the end-of-life period. It is challenging, demanding, and unusual work, but it is nothing new. Doula is a Greek word that goes back centuries. It historically means “a...
I want to comment on the people helping the homeless people and paying them $15 per hour. A lot of other people in the community need help, too. I have been asking local restaurants if I can host for them, and I have a year's experience hosting at the Riverview Cafe. I feel like people deny me that position because of my disability and because I am not a beautiful women. Employers may not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities...
On what would have been his 80th birthday, Jerry Garcia's music is alive and well in 2022. Each year, in early August, tens of thousands of fans gather all over the globe to pay tribute to his kind spirit, listen to his music, and celebrate his birthday. You will hear that music reverberating at the Stone Church next Monday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m. when the Garcia Project rolls into town to pay homage to a beloved musical icon. The...
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