BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Meg McCarthy, for your well-written commentary.
It is important that Vermont keep its prisoners here in Vermont - especially when they have lived the majority of their lives here.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Though more than two months have passed since sewage-tainted water overflowing from a gravity pipe being installed by the town flooded the 10 businesses in Black Mountain Square, none of the parties involved in the construction has assumed responsibility. Total damages to the businesses and the building that houses them exceed $500,000, but reimbursement is being held up while the town, excavating contractor Kingsbury Construction Co., and engineering firm Hoyle, Tanner & Associates of Manchester, N.H. spar over who is...
Like many others, I'm not sure just where the idea of adopting a mayoral system in Brattleboro came from. The only thing I've heard is that some people think it might permit more participation by more people in the affairs of the town. If that's the motivation for proposing this change, I think it's fundamentally misguided. It's difficult for me to imagine a more open and participatory form of government than we currently have in Brattleboro. Everyone from the department...
Main Street Arts (MSA) will offer a Creative Aging program beginning in February for seniors in the Greater Rockingham area. There will be three sessions featuring diverse artistic opportunities taught in-person by local teachers. The first session, from Tuesday, Feb. 6, to March 26, will include "An Expressive Arts Exploration" with Susan-Marie Beauchemin, from 10 a.m. to noon, and "Make a Family Heirloom" with Annabelini Questifari, from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be an optional lunch from noon to...
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