BRATTLEBORO — Nick Widomski was a really amazing person, and everybody who knew him is going to miss him terribly.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Criminal jury trials, previously scheduled to resume in the Windham unit of the Vermont Superior Court in Brattleboro on Dec. 7, are now postponed indefinitely. According to a news release, the delay is in response to a recent significant increase in COVID-19 cases in Vermont, which is expected to continue in the coming weeks. Chief Superior Judge Brian Grearson and Vermont State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel made the decision to postpone the restart in consultation with Judge John Treadwell, who...
With the battle over the Affordable Care Act in the news, I have been troubled by the vigor with which we are trying to save it. Although the ACA could be seen as a breakthrough in “health care” for the United States, I see it as bolstering the insurance game we're already playing. The ACA guarantees a profit for the insurance industry. We are forced to pay a penalty if we don't sign up. We are told that we are...
The award-winning Alash Ensemble is bringing their remarkable musical traditional back to Brattleboro. Alash is a throat singing band from Tuva that performs traditional Tuvan music (albeit with some nontraditional influences). The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present this captivating music on Friday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m., when this trio will give a concert in the museum's Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery. Tuva is a tiny Central Asian republic in southern Siberia. “It's about the size of...
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