I am a long-time colleague of Starr's and a big fan. Brattleboro has made a brilliant choice! The town will reap rewards for years to come. I wish she were library director in my town.
Congratulations, Starr! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
WESTMINSTER-There was good news for Bellows Falls Union High School last week: Several major projects are completed or nearing completion, and air quality testing done for PCBs last week produced some very encouraging results. The School Action Level (SAL) of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for high schools is 100 ng/m³, and some parts of the school had tested as high as 850 ng/m³ over the past two years. However, in testing at the school last week, the results ranged from 43...
The community of St. Michael's Episcopal Church invites everyone to the Feast of St. Francis, and the celebratory “Missa Gaia” of Paul Winter on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 10:15 a.m. The Missa Gaia brings together choirs, instruments, and the voices of wolf, whale, and loon, and will be directed by Susan Dedell, with special guests Steve Rice, percussion; Don Baldini, bass; and Bruce Diehl, soprano sax. The music will be the central element for this joyful service, according to a...
BRATTLEBORO-I have a great deal of respect for our U.S. senators. That said, it would be fantastic if they could stop voting to confirm Donald Trump's nominees. To wit: Both Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Peter Welch voted to confirm extreme anti-choice politician Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, the country's largest health care provider, as well as Trump toady Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Sen. Welch voted to confirm anti-environment billionaire Doug Burgum as secretary of the...
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