BELLOWS FALLS — Elayne Clift should put the blame where it belongs: on herself and the few others who interfered with the work of public officials who had no agenda, but were led by the facts to an unhappy but inevitable conclusion.
Her interference caused months of disruption, heartache, and unnecessary tax dollars to be wasted. Her entitled behavior belongs at her doorstep.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
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This year's Selectboard race can be framed as a tale of two incumbents - and the differing paths they chose toward re-election. Last year, Brandi Starr and Tim Wessel were elected to one-year seats on the Selectboard. Both Starr and Wessel are running again this year. Starr chose to run for the three-year seat on the board being vacated by John Allen, who chose not to seek re-election. After the Jan. 29 deadline for turning in nomination petitions had passed,
Tamara Stenn's story of what happened to her father-in-law at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital should leave every reader and resident of the greater Brattleboro area stunned, outraged, and deeply worried. It should also make every staff person responsible for the travesty that occurred, from the CEO down, deeply ashamed and fully committed to making sure this kind of thing never happens again. It is unbelievable and totally unacceptable that a 99-year-old emergency-room patient with two broken arms, on pain meds that...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Next Stage Arts Project present celebrated performance artist Karen Finley in a one-woman show, Grabbing Pussy/Parts Known, on Friday, Aug. 2, at 8 p.m. at Next Stage Arts Project in Putney. Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and may be purchased at brattleboromuseum.org, nextstagearts.org, or in person at BMAC. In 1990, Finley and fellow performance artists Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, and John Fleck gained national notoriety as the “NEA Four,”
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