PUTNEY — So, we'll finally get VPR in Putney [“VPR station for Brattleboro will soon broadcast,” June 13]? Hallelujah!
I've always been able to get VPR in my cars, but not in the house. I hope it works.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The two bridges that connect Hinsdale, N.H. and Brattleboro safely convey traffic. But this truth does not mean the structures - built the same year that Babe Ruth debuted with the New York Yankees, that Prohibition took effect, and when half the cars on the American road were Model Ts - are functional for today's mega-18-wheelers and SUVs. Hinsdale town officials, state legislators, and members of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT) met last week to discuss replacing the...
A concert designed to raise funds to rebuild a beloved local institution is almost sold out. A performance on Saturday, July 14, “A Concert to Rebuild Dot's,” will feature Jon Pousette-Dart and Aztec Two-Step at Memorial Hall, in a drive to match a $50,000 grant from the Wilmington Fund VT. Pousette-Dart's self-named band “carved a place in the landscape of American music in the 1970s,” according to his website (www.pousette-dart.com). “They were a mainstay of album radio, a favorite on...
For well over a decade now, I've enjoyed regular strolls along the West River Trail. Until recently, it was very common in the spring and early summer to see turtles crossing the trail, going off to lay their eggs. Unfortunately, I only saw two turtles this year, and both had been run over by the utility trucks working on the I-91 bridge. Over the last few years (probably for a number of reasons) there seems to be a lot less...
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