Do you really think a person who trades a firearm for drugs would have consented to a background check? Never mind that it's already illegal to sell firearms to felons as well as for a felon to own or possess one.
So how would background-check legislation stop this sale? If someone has broken several laws already, would one more law have stopped him?
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...
Election Day's heavy rains didn't deter voters in southeast Windham County. Poll workers and town clerks in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Newfane, and Putney all sang the same refrain: “It's been busy today!” Elections officials in the area also reported unusually large numbers of early and absentee voters, and they weren't alone in the state. At 8:53 a.m., Secretary of State Jim Condos posted on Twitter: “As of this morning 68,959 voters have cast early/absentee ballots. That's more than double the...
BRATTLEBORO-A petition to "Revitalize Main Street Brattleboro: Support Small Businesses and Public Safety" is circulating in town. I am not writing as a small business owner. Instead, I write as a private citizen and as faith leader of a faith community (Centre Congregational Church). For this reason, I should, and do, approach the issue of business and public safety with a unique and faith-based vantage that is not necessarily in agreement or in opposition to the petition. We simply view...
The Apron Theater Company and Next Stage Arts Project present Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Hallie Flower. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 16-19, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 23-25, and will be held at The Grammar School, 69 Hickory Ridge Road, while Next Stage undergoes renovations. Playwright Caryl Churchill wrote this modern classic - still considered daring in construction and relevant some 30 years after first opening at London's Royal Court Theatre. Katrina Spenceman...
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