BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Guilford's fire station needs paint” [Town and Village, Dec. 5]:
A well-reported article. I drive by the Guilford Fire Department all the time and wondered why it was blue.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
The town's historic Round Schoolhouse received extensive renovations during the last decade, but more work is needed. According to Cynthia Nau, chair of the Brookline Round Schoolhouse Historical Committee, the committee seeks volunteers to continue the work. The Round Schoolhouse, built in 1822, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building and property in Brookline Center is owned by the town. Nau says that the schoolhouse, near the town offices and the Baptist church, is not easily...
Two of the most dangerous trends in our nation are also related. Big Pharma is stalking medical marijuana, and privatized prisons are stalking Americans. Both possess a voracious and inexorable thirst for profits. If they don't make a profit, they would not stay in business. If they stay in business, then they want you. Is it possible that there is indeed a collusion of interests to keep marijuana illegal or to channel it exclusively through prescriptions? Think of the scale...
The Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) has announced the first round of grantees for this year's Brattleboro Town Arts Fund (TAF) program. Eight community-focused creative initiatives were selected from a competitive field of proposals received in this second year of the TAF program. According to a news release, the program “promotes the development and presentation of creative projects that contribute positively to the greater community and to the vibrancy and diversity of Brattleboro's arts and cultural landscape.” This year,
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