I am proud of my fellow Vermonter Shela Linton.
It takes a special person to engage meaningfully in conflict and to push toward resolution. If our best aim is to leave this world just a bit better than we found it, this young woman has already exceeded that goal by a very large measure.
I am very thankful for her efforts, her spirit, her tenacity.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
With a unanimous vote of the Selectboard and after a week of often-emotional discussion and debate, the town has ended a 56-year relationship with Rescue Inc. when its contract expires at the end of June. After nearly three hours of discussion and debate, the Selectboard voted 5-0 on April 19 to authorize Town Manager Yoshi Manale to enter into a one-year contract for $75,000 with Golden Cross Ambulance of Claremont, N.H. The plan calls for Golden Cross to assist the...
Over the past three years, working with limited resources, the Rich Earth Institute has made great progress toward establishing Brattleboro as the national research center for the study of urine-based fertilizer. With initial funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and many local donors, and in collaboration with researchers at the University of Michigan and the University at Buffalo, we have built the nation's first community-scale urine recycling program. * *
The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm “Music Under the Stars” concert series features Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy on Saturday, Aug. 17. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with the free concert starting at 7:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, located at 45 Farmhouse Square (next to Grafton Village Cheese). Tracy and Murphy are dynamic performers of traditional music from Newfoundland, Quebec, Ireland, France, and beyond. According to a news release, “Tracy's fiddling pulses through tasteful arrangements of dance tunes and...
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