We are getting complaints from workers at the Brattleboro Food Co-op who are being badgered to remove their names from our petitions, not vise-versa.
This is the most compassionate, caring group of union supporters I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I am very proud of their positive, up lifting, transparent, inclusive message.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Buying in bulk is a smart way to stretch the family dollar. In that spirit, a national program called Solarize brings together neighbors interested in installing residential solar power projects. The idea goes that the more who buy in, the less the system costs everyone to install and use. According to Tad Montgomery, principal of Home Energy Advocates, the price of solar panels has come down considerably in recent years. Soft costs such as permits and installation, however, constitute more...
It has been widely reported that last year, Google filed a motion in U.S. District Court last year to dismiss all claims against the company for violations of Gmail privacy, claiming that a Gmail user has “no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.” Google and others claim that assertion is supported by the U.S. Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The laws permitting and expanding domestic spying created or modified after Sept. 11, 2001 in...
The concert series at the historic Jamaica Town Hall continues with a double bill of Strangled Darlings and Tough Old Bird on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. The duo Strangled Darlings hails from central Vermont with George Veech on mandolin and Jessica Anderly on custom tenor bass and foot drums. Their songs work with nontraditional subjects for inspiration. They bring punk intensity to folk pop and completely bust the mold, creating smart, irreverent tunes using classic acoustic folk instrumentation...
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