Voices
Focus on Act 46
On towns’ options for school choice and the pressure for change
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
As Saturday turned to dusk at the quiet of a closed-for-the-weekend county courthouse in Brattleboro, a lone figure walked up, carrying a kerosene lantern. All over the country, vigils were taking place at courthouses, organized less than 24 hours after news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg broke the day before. To many, Ginsburg, 87, was a hero who as an attorney argued groundbreaking cases in front of the highest court in the land before she herself would be...
The Brattleboro Camerata will host a free outdoor Renaissance Music Workshop and Sing on Saturday, Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center. The morning and afternoon periods will be divided by a bring-your-own picnic lunch together. “In this workshop, we'll get the chance to really dig into issues of performance practice and interpretation,” Music Director Jonathan Harvey said in a news release. “We'll look at how text and harmony inform phrasing and dynamics, how...
Groundworks Collaborative thanks all of the local businesses, sponsors, and volunteers that made this year's Camp for a Common Cause a success. Roughly 30 people spent the night of May 19 camping on the Brattleboro Town Common to raise funds and awareness for our work with our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Together, we raised just over $17,000 for Groundworks' shelter and housing support programs. This event is a great way for our community to come together around the issue and to...
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