ROCKINGHAM — What's missing from this article is an appreciation of the contribution that the Village Trustees make to our community.
Though they very occasionally forget to dot an i or cross a t, their work is 99 percent excellent, and we are lucky to have hard-working volunteers willing to take on this difficult job.
It's also important to note that even large municipalities with paid staff have trouble fulfilling every aspect of the Open Meeting Law.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) and three area skilled nursing facilities, Pine Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Thompson House Rehabilitation and Nursing, and Vernon Green have received approval from OneCare Vermont, a statewide accountable care organization, to accept patients into a skilled nursing facility (SNF) without the Medicare required three day inpatient hospital admission. According to a BMH news release, the Three Day Skilled Nursing waiver is intended to reduce unnecessary hospital stays, emergency department admissions, and re-admissions. Unnecessary hospital stays...
ROnda-Jane, 51, has lived in Brattleboro “a little over 20 years,” on and off. She is an artist and poet who has experienced homelessness and abuse throughout her life. Matthew Whalan: How long have you been homeless? Ronda-Jane: The past two or three years. Off and on. (Pause.) Due to no fault of my own, by the way. M.V.W.: How did you become homeless? R.J.: First, I was accused of a crime I did not commit. I lost my car,
"Trash is trash - smelly, gross, harmful to the land and plants and animals," say Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) organizers. But re-purpose trash and transform it into art, and not only are destructive materials removed from the environment, but the potential is also created to make a powerful statement about consumerism, conservation, optimism, and creativity. On two consecutive Saturdays this month, the BMAC, along with the Connecticut River Conservancy and the River Gallery School, invite the public to...
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