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.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
Good day to you! Luckily for us, what used to be Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest tropical cyclones recorded in the Atlantic Basin, will provide us with nothing more than a whimper by late this week. And, as of this writing, it looks like Hurricane Jose will be kicked out to sea by a stronger-than-expected jet stream after it meanders around east of the Bahamas into this weekend. Good news all around for southern Vermont! For Wednesday, we should...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of traditional and contemporary Celtic music featuring high energy bagpipes/fiddle/guitar trio Cantrip and folksinger/multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Straw at Next Stage on Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. The concert celebrates Cantrip's 20th anniversary, with the band performing a mix of brand new music, as well as their entire 2001 album, Silver. From the strong base of its Celtic roots, Cantrip branches out into the music of other European cultures. Weaving together...
In November 2014, I attended a national conference with 70 other activists opposed to the use of nuclear energy. Many have worked in this field for decades and have a deep technical grasp of the overwhelming and intractable problem of safely isolating toxic radioactive waste. I learned to ask questions I had not known even existed about the post-shutdown period. As Vermont Yankee is in the process of closing, local people are learning the ugly truth of nuclear energy, the...
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