PUTNEY — What a great story. It is heartwarming to read a tale of such hard-won redemption of a family history, as well as the hard work and kindness of so many willing organizations and individuals. Great work, Wendy!
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...
I thought I'd mastered our community's center. The shops. Eateries. Banks. The quite-outstanding food co-op. The iconoclastic Latchis complex. The bookending cultural monuments: Brooks Memorial Library up north and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center down south. And, yes, Brooks House - the belle of the ball - anchoring once again a town with a history to be proud of. Who knew that in the old Paramount Building, across the street from where I worked for so many years, would...
Artist Brian Cohen makes a return to Saxtons River for a show of his work at Main Street Arts now through Feb. 23. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. A one-time resident of the village, the educator, artist, and writer now lives in Westmoreland, N.H. An illustrator, etcher, printmaker, and water colorist, Cohen founded Bridge Press, publisher of limited-edition artist's books and etchings, in 1989. He has shown in...
As you know, the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is the subject of a proposed sale to NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company. As long as the owner has the resources to clean up the site, I do not necessarily care who owns it. What I do care about is a commitment to clean up the site to at least the same standard as the rest of the sites in New England of decommissioned reactors: Connecticut Yankee, Maine Yankee, and Yankee Rowe...
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