BRATTLEBORO — Lester Dunklee is the best! I go in with some pretty random requests and projects. I have yet to stump him.
Sometimes it takes a minute, but that light bulb above his head always lights.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-Two attorneys at vastly different points in their careers are vying for the open seat in District 9 vacated by Rep. Tristan Toleno, who will retire at the end of his term after serving for 12 years in the Legislature. Deputy State's Attorney David Gartenstein, 64, and criminal law attorney Ian Goodnow, 32, of Costello, Valente, and Gentry, are both seeking the seat. Both men are former chairs of the Brattleboro Selectboard. Gartenstein, currently the town moderator, has also served...
On Friday, July 9, at 5 p.m., the Brattleboro Literary Fest continues its 20th anniversary year with a home-on-the-range trip to Elko, Nevada via KT Sparks' new book, Four Dead Horses. Sparks will participate in a free online conversation with local writer Stephanie Greene. On May 1, 1982, 18-year-old Martin Oliphant watches a horse drown off the shore of Lake Michigan - the first of (almost) four equine corpses marking the trail that will lead Martin out of the small-minded...
Your coverage of the Vermont Supreme Court case Kuligoski v. Brattleboro Retreat is lacking an important voice: that of psychiatric survivors/mental health consumers. In news articles where you've published about the court's decision and its influence, you've represented two sides: that of the family bringing the lawsuit and that of mental health providers. The only voices you included who spoke about the impact on survivors/consumers themselves were the dissenting justices. A court decision that effectively increases the supervision and monitoring...
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