Alimony reform is much needed. Vermont needs it more than any other state, considering the ex-spouse is allowed to get remarried and still receive the alimony. That is abhorrent.
Bad law is allowing too many people to take advantage.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Planners behind a master plan for one of the town's largest affordable housing organizations hope to gather enough funding to move units out of the flood plain and complete multiple capital projects. According to Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation's 2020 Master Plan, efforts are beginning to identify funding for more than $4 million to implement recommendations that include moving vulnerable homes from potential floodwaters, necessary upgrades to water and sewer infrastructure, and work on two bridges. Three weeks ago, members of...
Not every milestone makes the news of course, but some deserve public notice. We hope that, just as many of you helped mark our 40th anniversary, you'll also come celebrate our 25th Annual Women's Film Festival in March (check out womensfilmfestival.org). This month, however, we reached a subtle but no-less-significant marker: five years ago, we changed our name from Women's Crisis Center to Women's Freedom Center, and at the start of this new year, it's worth revisiting why. * *
Main Street Arts and the Saxtons River Historical Society are again pairing for a series of Fireside Chats to highlight the area's history on Sundays in January, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., in the dining room of the Saxtons River Inn. The series begins Jan. 7 with the Back-to-the-Land Movement as told through the experiences of Peter Gould, author of Horse-Drawn Yogurt: Stories from Total Loss Farm. Gould moved to Total Loss Farm in Guilford in the 1970s at the...
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