BRATTLEBORO-An achievement that has been decades in the making is about to finally happen with...
BRATTLEBORO-In the predawn hours of Nov. 7, a fire tore through the abandoned remains of...
PUTNEY-A fourth appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has proved unsuccessful in stopping the proposed...
BRATTLEBORO-A group of residents has successfully petitioned for a special Town Meeting to debate whether...
On Oct. 18 at their county caucus, the Windham County Democrats elected Angela Lawrence of Dummerston as their new county chair. Lawrence, a first-generation Vermonter and a first-generation American, came to the United States 20 years ago from Kenya and grew up in Brockton, Mass. She is a Marine Corps veteran, having served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She came to Brattleboro in 2013 and has recently moved with her family to Dummerston. She is married to a local carpenter...
I am writing this for all the frustrated laundry-doers who use the coin-op laundromat on Elliot Street. Many of you have also experienced the thievery of quarters, floodings, door lockings, stagnant water, and clothes destruction. One day, I lost $8 in quarters in various machines. Part of me feels bad airing this dirty laundry; it is true that I do not know the owners' situation, and it is a difficult economic time for small businesses. All the same, a majority...
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, performances inside the Big Barn and outside on a wooded trail will be the focus of the week's Yellow Barn Patio Noise, a series of interactive programming conversations led by Artistic Director Seth Knopp. Taking a look at Yellow Barn's concert stream from July 25, audience members will have the opportunity to talk to Yellow Barn musicians, and one another, about a program that explores interactions between love and nature from Amy Beth Kirsten's “ yes...
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