TOWNSHEND — If you were at the Bellows Falls Village Meeting, it was obvious the 2-to-1 margin of the budget vote was all firefighters who voted that budget back in - and only a handful of citizens.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
The former Marlboro College campus, which remains the home of the Marlboro Music Festival in July and August, will soon have students again. Potash Hill (potashhill.org), the nonprofit that purchased the campus of the former Marlboro College in 2021, has diligently worked to see that its grounds and buildings continue to be used by various groups for events, workshops, classes, retreats, and creative programming, according to Potash Hill Managing Director Brian Mooney. Mooney said that, in early December, Potash Hill...
Editor's note: Vermont is obligated under its state constitution to provide equal education opportunity to its students, as determined by a 1997 landmark state Supreme Court decision, Brigham v. State. (You'll see this decision referred to in news reports about school funding as “the Brigham decision.”) As part of reforming the state education funding system to comply with that decision, the state created a fund for collecting tax money from communities and redistributing it to school districts based on student...
The Vermont Theatre Company announces auditions for its May production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest to be held at Brattleboro Union High School on Monday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m., in the auditorium. Anyone unable to audition at this time and who would like to schedule an alternate audition time may contact the director, Bob Kramsky, at [email protected]. There are roles for five men and four women ranging in ages from 16 through 70. No previous experience...
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