BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
“It's hard to be brown sometimes, but it is beautiful as well,” said Ezlerh Oreste to the large crowd gathered in Pliny Park. Oreste's voice was one of many people of color who spoke during Mourning the Loss of Black Lives: The Rally for Racial Justice on July 13. The evening's march memorialized 138 black people killed by police in 2016. Organizers also called for the state to establish anti-bias training at the Vermont Police Academy and to make space...
The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm kick off their “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series Saturday, June 24, with a performance by the PESO Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra. Admission is free. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, with the concert at 6:30 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, June 25. All are welcome to bring lawn chairs and a picnic, and to enjoy food truck fare and craft beers at The Thirsty Goat bar, and cool...
RE: “After tense months, library nears opening” [Town & Village, Sept. 11]: My personal experience with Rockingham Free Public Library Director Célina Houlné was very positive. I am a humble library patron. Every time I saw her in the library or at a book sale, she was very warm and very helpful, making me feel like a treasured, special library patron - something I really appreciated, having just moved back to my home town.
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