Congratulations, Starr LaTronica! 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...
Final Merry Mulch tree pickup day is Jan. 24 BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Union High School Music Department is preparing the final week of the Merry Mulch Christmas tree collection service. This program, in its 23th year, is endorsed by the Vermont Department of Agriculture as well as the New Hampshire/Vermont Christmas Tree Association. For a $10 donation, members of the band and chorus will transport undecorated trees from homes in Brattleboro to a community garden in West Brattleboro where...
During July, the Crowell Gallery at Moore Free Library, 23 West St., presents “Many Layers of Expression,” recent work by artist Nancy Powers Libby. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, July 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. Libby is an abstract expressionist artist who uses multiple layers of paint (acrylic, oil, watercolor), cold wax, collage, and various pencils to translate how she sees and feels the world around her. The combination of colorful and energetic marks brings her...
The Brattleboro Selectboard recently voted 3–2 to hold this year's Annual Representative Town Meeting (RTM) completely in person, with no remote option. And with that, a large blow in a line of blows was dealt to the accessibility and diversification of our town's government, bolstering an increasingly regressive status quo. Town meetings in Vermont are sacrosanct and celebrated instruments of government for the people, by the people. They are “democracy in action,” opportunities for the average citizen to speak up...
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