SOUTH NEWFANE — I just want to thank Anna Mullany for her excellent response.
A country that ignores its faults allows those crimes to perpetuate insidiously.
As a woman I can only contain my rage for so long. We just pretend that women are equal. Women are on their own fighting for their rights, which are falling by the wayside every day.
Where are the good brothers, fathers and sons? I'm tired of waiting for permission for my rights from the white male patriarchy.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Energy, innovation, and deep experience in city governance brought Yoshi Manale to the position of town manager last fall, replacing Peter Elwell, who had served in the role for many years. For a small town with city problems - crime, substance use, homelessness, and poverty - it seemed that Manale would bring new vision and direction to town administration. It did not work out that way. Last week, Manale and the town Selectboard reached a “mutual agreement” that he would...
It brings me joy and I'm happy to say that I support Lana Dever for the Brattleboro seat on the Windham Southeast School Board. As a former Brattleboro Town School Board member and as a Black single mother who supported my two children in navigating the school system, I am acutely aware of what it takes and what it means to be a parent and to be in leadership to help support, hold accountable, and improve our school district. Now...
Poems Around Town, an event held in celebration of National Poetry Month, returns for a fourth year. It is co-sponsored and organized by Write Action, Time to Write, the Brattleboro Literary Festival, and Brooks Memorial Library. Vermont poets and those within a 50-mile radius in the southeast tri-state region are invited to submit poems to Write Action for Poems Around Town. Chosen poems will appear in downtown Brattleboro shop windows during April, National Poetry Month. Submitted poems should be recent...
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