BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
Lisa Chase is retired and lives in Putney, where she is a member of the...
BRATTLEBORO-I want to express my support for those of my neighbors, the children at my...
BRATTLEBORO-It's good to see the American flag flying at half-staff again after the exoneration of...
BRATTLEBORO-The incoming president has now signed pardons for the violent treasonous folks who stormed the...
She was born six months before RMS Titanic sailed on her fateful maiden voyage. Her lifetime encompasses two world wars, women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, the Atomic Age, the Space Age, the Digital Age, and the rest of the changes and advances of a tumultuous century. Vera Harrington has seen plenty in more than a century. Now a resident of Thompson House, Harrington got an early start on celebrating her 103rd birthday with a lunch at The Marina restaurant...
As an example of what Rebecca Coffey refers to as President Trump's 20,000 lies, she references that on Aug. 8 he created another lie regarding the signing of the Veterans Choice Program. Ms. Coffey notes that Veterans Choice was “signed into law” by President Obama in 2014. The clarification is that the 2014 bill, and the restructured bill signed in 2020, are not the same bill. The 2020 Veterans Choice is a much-improved situation. In 2014, if your VA physician...
The Arts Council of Windham County (ACWC) recently announced the grantees for this year's Brattleboro Town Arts Fund (TAF) program. Ten community-focused creative projects were selected from a competitive field of proposals received in this third year of the TAF program. According to a news release, TAF “promotes the development and presentation of creative projects that contribute positively to the greater community and to the vibrancy and diversity of Brattleboro's arts and cultural landscape.” This year's grant program continues a...
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