BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
Happy New Year to one and all! I do hope that in all ways 2017 is a great year for you and yours. We have a very active, stormy, and wintry pattern setting up for the next week, including some light upslope snows this (Wednesday) morning, a major snowstorm possible for Thursday and Thursday night, more upslope snows and windy conditions Friday and Friday night, light snow New Year's Eve, and a wintry mix early next week. Now I'm winded!
Music magic will be made at Manitou's forest theater on Sunday, Sept 18, with a 4 p.m. concert featuring local musicians, songwriters, and comrades Peter Siegel and Shawn Magee, with “solos, harmonic duos, and tasty backup from special friends bringing songs of love, hope, and cures for humanity,” according to organizers. Siegel is founder of The Gaslight Tinkers and strikes a radical chord with American Roots music. Inspired and mentored by Pete Seeger as a Hudson Valley neighbor early on,
Valarie Kaur's new book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto for Revolutionary Love, is a moving and expansive read for me. Valarie's life experience as an American woman of color has much to offer all of us who are willing to listen. She asks: “What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? What if our America is not dead but a country that is waiting to be born? What if...
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