BRATTLEBORO — Downtown Brattleboro looks especially beautiful this fall, with the bright chrysanthemums in their pots all the way up and down Main Street!
The business district is bright, welcoming, and unified - and we are all the better for it.
Thank you to the powers that be in our town who provided this gorgeous display for us all to enjoy.
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As mentioned in a previous issue, the Voices section has had a record-breaking number of contributions in recent months. Despite our best efforts, some contributors have been waiting far too long to see their work in print - this week we have tried to catch up with the letters that follow. Some pieces have gone out of date faster than we could get them through the pipeline, particularly during the run-up to Annual Town Meetings and elections. This is a)
Dan Snow of the Stone Trust will lead a tour of notable stone walls and other dry stone structures in Dummerston and Brattleboro on Sunday, June 5, at 3 p.m. as part of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) series “Hidden in the Hills.” The tour will begin and end at the Stone Trust, at Scott Farm (707 Kipling Rd.), where participants will begin with a short walking tour, followed by a guided tour via van of nearby stone...
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