Brattleboro is getting a shining Starr who has led, inspired, and ignited Building Brighter Futures for Broome, an agency that offers early childhood literacy strategies and supports!
Thank you, Starr LaTronica, for sharing your gifts and passion!
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...
The first-ever Riverfest Weekend, hosted by the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC), will take place Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7. “We're very excited to have this event in Brattleboro and with local partners, reinvigorating the Riff Raft race, working with the New England Canoe and Kayak Racing Association, and just having a great time on the river in Brattleboro,” says CRC Executive Director Andrew Fisk. CRC says Riverfest is intended to “showcase the area's rich array of outdoor recreational...
A few weeks ago, while walking my dog on Newfane Hill Road, one of our neighbors asked me, “What made you decide to run for Selectboard?” Since we were walking in opposite directions, I thought of a short, precise, one-sentence answer. “Well... I think I'll do a good job because I am a good listener and have common sense when solving problems,” I said. We shared a few other words, we wished each other well, and continued walking on. Thinking...
PUTNEY-Stage Arts and Twilight Music present New England's folk/roots quartet Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem feature four-part vocal harmonies, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and a homemade percussion kit of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps, and a vinyl suitcase. Over the past 20 years, the quartet has toured to concert halls, festivals, and...
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