Where did FairPoint ever say that it would cut pay by one-third?
What a dumb letter. Get the facts straight before writing, please.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-A century after becoming the first English-language author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, the late Rudyard Kipling has gone from being one of the world's most widely read names to, in the charitable words of his latest biographer, a "complex historical figure" tied to the exploitative era of British colonialism. But Kipling's reputation isn't the only remnant of his life facing a shifting climate. Born in India and raised in England, the Victorian-era writer was 26 when, traveling...
A bill is introduced in a state to tax citizens to support the teaching of the Christian religion. Opponents circulate a petition opposing the measure. The petition's author says that no politician is a competent judge of religious truth, that every citizen has the right to religious freedom according to the dictates of their conscience and that the Legislature has no authority at all over religion. He states that Christianity does not require support from the government and that history...
Brattleboro ukulele enthusiasts have been having a blast at Lunchtime Ukulele Jams the first and third Mondays of the month, 11 a.m. to noon, at the Latchis 4 Gallery on Main Street. Jams are planned for May 1 and 15. The Lunchtime Ukulele Jams are an outgrowth of the classes, salons, and flash mobs led by instructor and singer-songwriter Lisa McCormick, in response to a groundswell of enthusiasm by local players interested in continuing to play together. In a news...
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