It's about time! I've had enough of institutions like the Brattleboro Retreat stealing our hard-earned tax dollars in the name of “mental health.”
We should all applaud whistleblower Thomas Joseph and anyone like him. Well done!
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
It took a couple of amendments and a defeated paper ballot request, but 65 voters who turned out for Special Town Meeting Dec. 7 have agreed to buy about 21 acres of land for $450,000 to use as a town gravel pit. Voters also agreed to borrow up to $600,000 to cover the purchase price and attendant costs for the parcel, owned by Paul Belogour, at Radway Hill and River roads. Selectboard member Ann Golob explained that the option to...
Funk and world beat band Simba celebrates the beginning of summer and the longest day with their annual Summer Solstice Celebration on Monday, June 20, at 8 p.m., at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center, at the intersection of East-West, Middle, and Bunker roads. A news release invites music lovers to “dance your heart out with the area's most beloved world beat band featuring all kinds of funky grooves and some of the best local musicians.” Those musicians are:
Michael Bosworth is a longtime community volunteer, a writer, and a poet. He serves as interim treasurer for Vermont Independent Media, the nonprofit that publishes this newspaper. BRATTLEBORO-On March 22, Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members, by a strong majority, rejected the outgoing Selectboard's proposed FY26 budget. While this certainly sent a message of displeasure regarding the proposal, it also gave the new Selectboard a lot of leeway in how to respond. That could be a good thing, because I...
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