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.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
Focused on growing conscious food and agriculture businesses, the Entrepreneur to Table Summit will take place in Brattleboro on Thursday and Friday, June 1 and 2. Presented by the Strolling of the Heifers' Slow Living Summit and Windham Grows, the Stroll's agricultural incubator program, the Entrepreneur to Table Summit aims to directly impact the growth of food and agriculture industry by investing in local communities, businesses, and farms that support it. “Starting a business is challenging mentally, physically, and financially,”
The Jamaica Community Arts Council welcomes storyteller Rusty DeWees to the historic town hall on Saturday, April 21. DeWee's iconic persona, The Logger, is part-comedian, part-musician, and, according to a news release, “all Vermont, with a side of cussin' to entertain everyone … almost.” The Boston Globe has called his original one-man comedy show, The Logger, “inventive, entertaining ... poignant.” DeWees was raised in Stowe, and lives in Elmore. He has worked in every entertainment medium, including 30 films and...
For hundreds of years, the Indigenous history of the Northeast has been systematically erased. It is time to speak up to make sure that the federal government and power companies do not continue that bitter legacy. Five hydroelectric facilities on the Connecticut River are renewing their operating licenses under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Later this summer, the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on terms for these licenses, which will impact more than 175 miles of...
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