BRATTLEBORO — Aww! After all these years eating at the Chelsea Royal Diner, it's so sweet to know the story. I wish I had known it earlier on! I know where we're going out next!
Beautiful writing, Wendy M. Levy!
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...
The Department of Public Works continues to have crews out in several areas of town working on road repairs following the severe rainstorm on July 17. Motorists and residents are asked to continue to use caution on roadways when approaching crews and equipment working on these repairs and to expect delays. According to a news release from Highway & Utilities Superintendent Dan Tyler, these are the projects that are ongoing this week: • Hinesburg Road: With the failure of the...
BRATTLEBORO-Kathi Keller, 77, founder of Brattleboro School of Dance (BSD), is the master costumer who has designed, sourced, and created - by hand - all of the costumes for its performances over five decades. The Commons met with Keller at the BSD studio recently to see firsthand the hundreds of costumes she has made over the years in a very special room, the costume closet. Here's an excerpt of the conversation: Victoria Chertok: Tell me about the Sugar Plum Fairy...
What does the Secretary of Education mean when she says our overwhelming votes against school merger don't matter? The last time I looked, we were still a democracy, both in our country and especially in Vermont, where freedom and democracy have always mattered. But now, the secretary of education and the Agency of Education's lawyers are telling us, and telling many other school districts across the state, that their community votes don't matter. If this is the case, why would...
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