BRATTLEBORO — The Twilight Tea Lounge has been a great spot! Anneka Kindler upgraded the ambience and expanded the menu.
When out-of-towners visited I would take them there. I'm sorry to see it go!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Following is the text of the proposed addition to the town charter: A. Residential tenants, as defined in Chapter 137 of Title 9 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, shall be protected from eviction without ‘just cause,’ where just cause shall include: 1. a tenant’s material breach of a written rental agreement, 2. a tenant’s violation of state statutes regulating tenant obligations in residential rental agreements, 3. non-payment of rent, and 4. a tenant’s failure to accept written, reasonable, good faith...
This Memorial Day weekend, Windham County artists and artisans will celebrate the 30th year of their Spring Open Studio Weekend on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29. In Brattleboro and neighboring West Brattleboro and Marlboro alone, tour-goers will have the chance to visit 15 artists in seven studios and one gallery. Of those artists, 14 are members of Brattleboro-West Arts, a group of about two dozen artists and crafters who have worked together since 2008 to support one another...
Today, I did something I have not done before. I attended a memorial service for a 29-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident last Sunday. It is not an experience I want to repeat. Since my first funeral in the late '50s, I estimate that I have attended an average of seven funerals a year for 55 years or so. That's close to 400 of them. At some of them, I gave the eulogy. The service I attended today...
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