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.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Gesturing toward a vegetation-covered lump of land in the middle of an abnormally shallow Townshend Lake, Craig Hunt observed, “Those islands out there - they're new.” Hunt was speaking on the morning of Nov. 19 to an audience that included staff from all three of Vermont's congressional offices, two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives, and two state legislators. All had come to hear about two pressing issues - the lack of payments in lieu of taxes for Townshend Dam,
After years of institutional mismanagement and months of fostering confusion, misdirection, and outright fabrications, the Marlboro College Board of Trustees and its president are set to close down the 70-year old institution and transfer its $35 million remaining endowment to Emerson College in Boston, along with a handful of tenured Marlboro faculty. Meanwhile, Emerson will sell the $10 million campus to the highest bidder. Everyone else will lose their jobs, Windham County will lose a remarkable asset, Vermont will see...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center invites creators of all ages to design and build original Lego sculptures and display them at the Museum in BMAC's 12th Annual Lego Contest & Exhibit, Nov. 7 through 11. This popular annual event is sponsored by G.S. Precision, Brattleboro Subaru, and Don Robinson Builder. Prizes include gift certificates to Toy City in Keene, N.H. BMAC will display every entry submitted to the contest. A panel of judges will award prizes based on creativity...
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