This letter essentially argues that taxing the rich will hurt the poor.
Of course! It's long been wise to let the bullies bully and let the thieves steal.
Anything thing else is dangerous optimism.
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...
Job-seekers who visit the Brattleboro Retreat's website are greeted by an announcement - in large font, highlighted in green - of a $4,000 hiring bonus for inpatient registered nurses willing to work evening and night shifts. Nevertheless, there are 19 nursing positions advertised on the site. “We have had a very difficult time hiring as many RNs as we need,” said Jeff Corrigan, the Retreat's human resources vice president. The Retreat is not alone among area health-care providers. That's why...
"Endangered eating" is the theme for the December edition of Literary Cocktail Hour, which takes place online with author Sarah Lohman on Friday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. Register at bit.ly/LitCocktail34. Lohman says American food traditions are in danger of being lost. How do we save them? Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' "most endangered food." The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at "critical risk" for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else...
The Commons' recent report about AT&T's efforts to woo the good people of Putney was especially revealing by the AT&T representative's caveat that “the town's permission for the application and its protest, if any is lodged would have little apparent weight in the state's decision.” As Newfane learned, regardless of what the public might want, AT&T will trust its union-busting, anti-democratic law firm, Downs Rachlin Martin, to do the legwork to ensure that the Public Service Board grants permission without...
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