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.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
BRATTLEBORO-"I always thought that the Sportsman's Lounge on Canal Street in Brattleboro was our own version of the television show Cheers," says Gordon Bristol, a regular customer for many years. The vacant structure burned in a spectacular explosion of flame early in the morning of Nov. 7, days before it was scheduled to be demolished. The last chapter for the 104-year-old building at 45 Canal St. began in 1963, when Dessaint's Food Center, a small, neighborhood grocery store, took on...
Rock River Players present “Another Evening of One Act Plays” on Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 4, at 2:30 p.m., at Williamsville Hall. The lineup includes works by Newfane playwright/film director Pamela Corkey (premiere), as well as works by area playwrights Jennifer Jasper and Robert Cullinane, a one-act by New York playwright Scott Sickles, and structured improvisation. Beautiful Noises by Scott Sickles, directed by Randy Lichtenwalner is about a recently-deceased man who...
The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive was a huge success this year in Brattleboro, Guilford, Vernon, Dummerston, Putney, and beyond. Postal customers donated over 8,000 pounds of food in our region, a 70-percent increase over last year! Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers hold this national drive each year on the second Saturday in May, and the collected non-perishables stay local to each participating community across the United States. Our sharp increase in donations was in no small...
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