BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will head to Windham County to present two cutting-edge music presentations...
BRATTLEBORO-Throughout the month of April, River Gallery School will exhibit "Places We Know: Local Landscapes...
BRATTLEBORO-ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St., is supporting the Vermont Reads community program by...
BRATTLEBORO-As the town approaches the end of its current contract for solid waste collection, the only company interested in handling town trash in future has a caveat about how that will ultimately work: automation. Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland, who met with Selectboard members April 16 to lay out the plan for collection after the current contract ends June 30, called the mechanization qualifier "either a deal-maker or a deal-breaker, depending on how you look at it." In February, the...
GRAFTON-Back by popular demand, Texas singer-songwriter Al Staehely will appear for one night only at the Grafton Community Church, 55 Main St., on Saturday, June 29, beginning at 7 p.m. In his only Vermont appearance, Staehely will perform original songs from his latest album, (1)Somewhere In West Texas and other compositions. He appeared in Grafton at the Community Church last fall in a benefit concert for the church. Staehely's musical career began in his native Austin, Texas, in the late...
Everyone now recognizes Cecil, the majestic lion who roamed the Zimbabwean savannah until he was lured into danger by an American hunter who paid megabucks to kill him. Cecil's death set the Internet on fire and garnered huge amounts of mainstream media attention. The Doris Day Animal League demanded “Justice for Cecil,” and the Empire State Building put his regal face on its urban façade as if he were part of a guerilla marketing campaign. A bill introduced in Congress...
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