PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Looking to save money on sand and gravel, the town has called a Special Town Meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at the NewBrook Fire Department to ask voters to approve buying a gravel pit and borrowing $600,000 to accomplish the plan. Selectboard members are recommending buying a 21-acre site at Radway Hill and River roads owned by entrepreneur Paul Belogour for $450,000. But voters will be asked to approve borrowing nearly $600,000 to cover startup costs, as...
In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene hit and brought the state of Vermont to its knees. Recovery was difficult and felt endless. In the immediate aftermath, we had one another, and we had the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The National Guard arrived with manpower and FEMA rode into town with their capes of governmental red tape billowing in the flood mud dust and got right down to the business of business. Our quiet, brookside neighborhood was hit hard. When my...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents a free studio tour via Zoom and Facebook Live with artist John Gibson on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Gibson's work is currently on view in BMAC's window bays. In 2018, BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld approached Gibson, of Greenfield, Mass., about creating an installation for the Museum's front windows. “I found the prospect of working with the windows thrilling,” Gibson said in a news release. “First of all, the building itself...
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