DUMMERSTON — Many thanks to Ian Diamondstone and The Commons for the fine article on Mrs. Dalem and Dalem's Chalet. Very well done!
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
BRATTLEBORO-Just a few days after she turned 24, Meara Seery of Brattleboro has been crowned Miss Vermont. "It is really special to feel all the support coming from all over the country," Seery said after her win, adding that friends all around the country watched the pageant unfold via livestream and her family was there in person. "It almost felt overwhelming how much love and support I've been receiving in the last few days," she continued. "My heartfelt thanks for...
“Eggshells & Cheekbones,” a group show by a family in Halifax, opens Friday, Sept. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m., at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro. The show presents recent work by Alison Crossley, Tristan Roberts, and Felix Roberts, a family of three who make art together and who are all now showing their work for the first time. Alison shares a painting studio with Tristan's 10-year-old son Felix, while Tristan sculpts outside with rocks and boulders on the land, a...
In reading Nick Biddle's essay, I found myself taken aback by the words, “Our democracy began not as an ideal but as a con by our Founding Fathers to spur colonists to war.” But then it was meant to be provocative. And though I am not ready to see our Founding Fathers as cons rather than idealists, I was reminded of something I learned in college many years ago: to accept an idea or concept for hypothesis' sake long enough...
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