DUMMERSTON — Many thanks to Ian Diamondstone and The Commons for the fine article on Mrs. Dalem and Dalem's Chalet. Very well done!
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...
NEWFANE-SUSU commUNITY Farm has purchased the 37-acre farm along the West River here where the organization has been for about two years. The land buy was made possible through a collaboration with the Vermont Land Trust, which paid for half the acquisition. SUSU raised the other half through contributions and donations. "This land represents more than just a new home; it is a sacred space where our Afro-Indigenous vision of healing and connection will flourish," writes Collaborative Director Amber Skye...
The online music website All About Jazz calls drummer Jonathan Barber “wise beyond his years” and writes that he “carries and commits to the very notion of a legacy holder in his every gesture.” On Barber's newest recording, Legacy Holder, he pays tribute to the great drummers who have come before him, especially Tony Williams. But his voice is fresh and informed by the new trends laid out by a new generation of trendsetters like Makaya McCraven, Mark Guiliana, and...
All my life I have disagreed with Henry David Thoreau: Unlike him, I think it is "worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar." That's why inveterate travelers find the return to post-pandemic travel an exhilarating experience. This spring, my husband and I were excited to resurrect an aborted trip abroad that was planned almost four years ago. We were so excited, you might have thought it was something we'd never done before. The...
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