BELLOWS FALLS — Please cease all quoting of Deb Wright. She is simply a nuisance. Amplifying her rants does not help, in any sense. She should have no spotlight.
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...
Organizers of Brattleboro's Independence Day celebration are seeking the public's help to close a fundraising gap a month before the 42nd annual event. The “By the People: Brattleboro Goes Fourth” citizens committee will mark July 4 with a morning parade downtown and afternoon and evening of sports, concerts, and fireworks at Living Memorial Park. Brattleboro's Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks not only will lead the march with its giant American flag, but also will cover all of this year's...
BRATTLEBORO-Once again, I read comments from state representatives that are just unbelievable. Our reps in Montpelier are positioning the recent property tax increase as a tax cut. It goes like this: The initial budget they put forth would have resulted in an educational tax increase of 22%. After jockeying some things around and implementing some new taxes, they held the increase to 9%. These legislators then herald this as a 13% tax cut because they didn't go up the full...
“Prayers for Peace, Pairings, and the Passage of Time,” an exhibit of paintings and papercuts by Stu Copans, runs through Oct. 8 in gallery spaces at All Souls Church. Included are new works from Copans' ongoing “Shalom” series of papercuts, begun more than a dozen years ago. A few of his traditional black cuttings are accompanied by arrays incorporating small “shaloms” within a grid of abstract designs. These little “prayers for peace” represent the artist's response to the deteriorating situation...
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