BRATTLEBORO-George Stone Sr., closing in on his 101st birthday, is one of the last members...
-On a Sunday night, Kelsey Rice found her abuser at her home again, out on...
BRATTLEBORO-The cause of the March 26 fires that temporarily displaced 126 at the School of...
BRATTLEBORO-Caz Clark is the safety and outreach manager at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, a position...
Just off the common, in a gray house with hundreds of consignment items tucked into seven rooms, the Second Chance Shoppe is celebrating 40 years in business. On a recent day, new Vermonters Grace and Brayden recently moved from Buffalo, New York, to Stratton. They arrived at Second Chance Shoppe because they were spending their Saturday “going around to some thrift shops because it's a fun hobby, and it saves money,” says Grace. “And look,” Brayden says, pointing to an...
BRATTLEBORO-William Shakespeare's words, stories, characters, and themes can bear meaning in any age; thus, after a five-year hiatus, the Vermont Theatre Company (VTC) is reviving a 30-year tradition of presenting Shakespeare in the Park. This weekend in Brattleboro's Living Memorial Park, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is offered, chosen by Jessica Callahan Gelter, who's directing the cast of 35, and James "Jay" Gelter, the president of the nonprofit theater company. "We chose Julius Caesar because in an election year it...
I am writing in reference to Thelma O'Brien's interview with William Leons [July 25]. I found the article to be very interesting and informative. William Leons and his wife, Kim, are currently my neighbors, so we have become friends, and he has shared some of his story with us. There is one notable error in reporting that I feel compelled to report. As a child of 6 during the German occupation of Rotterdam, his mother warned him if he were...
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