PUTNEY — Retired Brattleboro Police Department Captain Mark Carignan's premier novel Out from Under: George V. Higgins would have admired it.
If you know who he was, that's my review.
If you don't, read both.
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame...
Nancy Braus , a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. GUILFORD-Vermont Yankee, a nuclear...
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon,
BRATTLEBORO-Like many of you, I have been outraged by the actions of the Trump administration,
When Covid-19 struck in March 2020, one of the early casualties was the closing of the Uniformed Services Program (USP) at the Brattleboro Retreat, Vermont’s largest psychiatric hospital. USP, launched in 2009, brought in first responders from around the country, helping former and current military members, police, firefighters, emergency response personnel, etc. deal with the aftereffects of intense trauma — in particular, post-traumatic stress disorder. What was originally intended to be a short-term shutdown of the program turned into a...
The NXT Gallery presents an art exhibit by Karen Becker, titled “Bearing Witness, Part 2,” from Sunday, May 21, to Aug. 13, 2023 at the NXT Gallery, 15 Kimball Hill. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held on May 21 from 3 to 5 pm. The majority of the exhibition is devoted to Becker's love of nature and the threat of the climate crisis. The animals and trees represented all bear witness to the devastation that is unfolding...
BRATTLEBORO-I feel unsafe when I see a white man with a gun. I do not lobby for gun control. I don't want to take away my neighbors' guns, no matter their gender or race. I do not pester the Selectboard to ban guns in town. I think that would be pretty rude of me. But I do feel unsafe when I see a white man with a gun! The sight scares me. My heart rate goes up, and I have...
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