HALIFAX — This letter made me chuckle - thank you for that!
I am very proud to be be a family member of the Halifax Highway Department (not the “Halifax Road Club,” as the writer so affectionately calls it).
Maybe we should have T-shirts made to make us stand out in town.
Then, if anyone wants to ask me any questions, I can try to state the facts, not just the mindless babbling of an uninformed citizen.
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A petition to take the fiscal year 2021 municipal budget to a town-wide vote has stalled, in part, because of COVID-19. In response to community calls to redirect money from the police department, Kurt Daims, founder and executive director of the advocacy organization Brattleboro Common Sense, began a petition drive last week. The Selectboard approved a $18.4 million fiscal year 2021 town budget, in a 3-2 vote, on June 16, and Daims's petition was intended to bring the municipal budget...
Someone you know may be an addict; in fact, you may love an addict yourself. Addiction to illegal substances - yes, drugs - destroys families. Using is personal to each individual, who often believes their actions affect only themselves; not surprising, because addiction to drugs is often described as an egocentric disease. As the user destroys their life, those people around them are drawn into the insanity. Thus, they become "sick," too. That's why substance use disorder is often referred...
Palaver Strings' Beehive Chamber Series offers “The First Course,” a program of critically acclaimed string quartets throughout the ages, at the Brattleboro Music Center on Friday, Dec. 3. The program begins with Grażyna Bacewicz's Fourth Quartet, which was entered into the Liège International String Quartet Competition in 1951 at the behest of the Polish Composers' Union. It was hugely popular and won first prize, cementing Bacewicz's place as one of her country's foremost composers. The concert continues with Voodoo Dolls...
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