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!
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
The Selectboard voted 3-0 to support a floodplain restoration project at 250 Birge St. that the town is working on with the Vermont River Conservancy. Sue Fillion, director of the town's planning department, appeared at the Sept. 18 regular Selectboard meeting to describe the project and ask for the Board's support. In 2017, the Vermont River Conservancy purchased the Birge Street property, which lies along the banks of the Whetstone Brook and has been identified as a floodplain. After the...
As a consulting forester helping landowners manage thousands of acres of forest land across Massachusetts, I support more utilization of forest biomass because without low-grade timber markets, we cannot practice great forestry. This movie Burned is nothing more than anti-forestry propaganda. We do not clear-cut forests for biomass. Only junk wood is chipped. Biomass is, in essence, stored solar energy and is a byproduct of our forestry operations, all of which allows us to grow more high-quality saw timber, which...
The Vermont Jazz Center will present its annual big band swing gala on Friday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m., paying tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest jazz singers in history. The performance will celebrate Fitzgerald's centennial birthday anniversary by featuring arrangements she performed with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and others. All proceeds will support the VJC's Scholarship Program. The VJC Big Band is composed of area professionals, is led by music director Rob Freeberg, and is run by...
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