Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran. BRATTLEBORO-Recently,
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Saxtons River Distillery unveiled its newest product, Snowdrop Gin, during a Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce business mixer on June 30. Named for the “first flower of spring,” the company describes the gin and its 18 botanicals as “an expression of this new life springing from the mountains and valleys of Vermont.” The botanicals include juniper (a hallmark of gin), coriander, thyme, star anise, orris root, cardamom, nutmeg, sarsaparilla root, rosemary, allspice, fennel seed, grains of paradise, orange peel, damiana...
The Soubrettes, a vocal ensemble led by Anna Patton under the umbrella of the Vermont Jazz Center, has two upcoming concerts featuring Patton's arrangements of original Patton family songs. This 20-member ensemble sings contemporary songs in Swing Era style on Dec. 9, at 7 p.m., at West Village Meetinghouse in West Brattleboro, and on Dec, 10, at 6 p.m., at the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Songs by Anna Patton's brother Ben have long been a mainstay of The...
Say what you will about a “clenched fist,” but Curtiss Reed Jr.'s writings, like the disruption in Seattle, have boosted the signal of the issue of race in this country and have elevated the importance of this conversation far more than open hands have. Ideas like “credit where credit is due” and “inexcusable disruption by the alleged BLM woman and her allies” and “these people” are driving any divide that might exist, because justice-loving Bernie Sanders supporters, like Sanders himself,
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