WILMINGTON — I thank you for bringing to my attention the anti-Semitic action of Ben & Jerry's. This product will no longer be allowed in my house.
This sort of surprised me, as your paper is usually not very revealing of anti-Jewish actions.
Cassandra Holloway works for a nonprofit that focuses on substance misuse prevention and youth empowerment. Gavin...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The United States is in a different place from where it was seven months...
GUILFORD-I want to commend Steev Lynn for correcting the historical record in response to Tristan...
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The municipal press release began with a bombshell: “Rescue Inc. informed the Selectboard and Town Manager that [it] would no longer be providing emergency medical services for the Town of Brattleboro as of July 1.” People who know Rescue as Windham County's largest and longest-serving EMS provider were shocked - none more so than officials at the private nonprofit who hadn't said that at all. Rescue had told municipal leaders the town's contract was set to expire this summer and...
“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...
We keep hearing a recurring refrain these days: How can people not accept facts? How can people believe that the government is lying about the election being fair? Why can't people just accept reality? Why indeed? While the current crop of “denied truths” seem incomprehensible to most Americans, it is just the latest preferred fiction that we use to guide our conduct and social organization. Let's start at the beginning and close to home. When predominantly British settlers expanded inland...
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