BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro has been fortunate to have Jerry Carbone, a leader and gentleman, at the helm of its library.
Now for his golf game: perhaps a little more time devoted to the game will pick things up a bit.
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...
While summer has been gloomy for the Vermont tourist industry, the sector got a big boost last week from the Scott administration. At a Sept. 18 news briefing in Montpelier, Gov. Phil Scott announced lodging facilities may now rent all their rooms, as long as guests comply with all other requirements. Those mandates still include mask-wearing, physical distancing, and travel and quarantine rules, in addition to limits on dining and gathering size, he said. Scott also said that bar seating...
Did you know that Vermonters spend more on local foods and in the local food economy than any other state, per capita? Much of that is due to the hard work, good representation and strong leadership of Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman for over 20 years as a farmer and elected official in Montpelier. David took on big agribusiness companies and won, when he protected so many small farmers and backyard gardeners from the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). He...
The Brattleboro Rotary Club is once again raising money to help upgrade the radio station KILI, a nonprofit station broadcasting to the Lakota people on the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, and Rosebud Indian Reservations, part of the Great Sioux Nation in South Dakota. On Sunday, March 1, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the New England Youth Theatre, the Brattleboro Rotary Club presents its sixth annual International Film & Food Festival, with proceeds benefiting KILI, which serves 30,000 people on...
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