WESTMINSTER WEST — If you are about to toss an apple core or a banana peel out your car window, please take care to toss it a good distance from the edge of the road.
The discovery of such a find might be a welcome thing for a foraging rodent or bird. But if it's too close to the road, it can put the feasting creature at risk from passing vehicles.
Throw it far!
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BRATTLEBORO-On a wet and gray June 9, amid a range of Pride Month celebrations and activities throughout the region, a diverse array of people of all ages congregated in the High-Grove parking lot to prepare for a Liberation March in support of the people of Palestine. The march was organized by Out in the Open, with the LGBTQ+ nonprofit encouraging participants to make themselves visible. Raven Rae, of Brattleboro, gave voice to the spirit of the march in simple terms:
A picture says a thousand words, and it was a recent photo in The Commons that caught my attention. I saw a bountiful field full of green plants which, on closer inspection, proved to be lamb's quarters. Hidden deep in these weeds, as in my own garden, was a second crop, red lettuce. Eagerly, I looked at the caption and was delighted to discover that this was at one of the Harlow farms. Wow, their gardens look just like mine.
Tickets are on sale for Brattleboro's 15th annual Collegiate A Cappella Concert, a benefit for the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, at the Latchis Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Brattleboro Savings & Loan, the concert features eight singing groups from around New England. Six of these groups include “hometown singers” from southern Vermont and two perennial favorites from Tufts University. One of Brattleboro's most popular annual cultural events, the Collegiate A Cappella Concert was launched...
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