Officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire on March 2 that gutted the Newfane Café & Creamery at 550 Route 30 as the community continues to come together to raise thousands of dollars to relieve the business owners and employees affected by the three-alarm blaze. “We so appreciate the love and outreach during this difficult time,” wrote owners Ken Schatra and Denise Kiss on the restaurant's Facebook page. “We are blessed that no one was hurt. Words cannot...
The Brattleboro Camerata presents “Ensalada: Renaissance Music of Latin America” Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Brattleboro Music Center. The Brattleboro Camerata, with Music Director Jonathan Harvey, is a vocal ensemble devoted to exploring the beauty and power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music. As Harvey explains about the Dec. 11 concert, “our exploration of Renaissance-era music in Latin America will include pieces by colonial composers who worked in modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, and pieces in Latin, Spanish, and the Indigenous...
I am excited this year to vote for someone I truly believe is the best candidate for the job instead of closing my eyes and picking a candidate. I am voting for Kesha Ram as our next lieutenant governor, and I am urging everyone I know to vote for her as well. Kesha impressed me the first time I met her, and I have talked with her many times since. She even came to my house to meet with a...
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