BRATTLEBORO — We were lucky to have Paul Cameron around as long as we did.
Enjoy North Carolina, Paul! We'll miss your dedication and kindness!
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...
Several years after being detected here, the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, EAB) continues to munch on a potential feast of more than 150 million ash (Fraxinus) trees in Vermont. That's 5 to 7 percent of the state's trees on average or about 1 in 12 trees, although in some areas, such as the Champlain Islands, the number is more like 40 percent. Losing this many trees would clearly have a significant impact, but there's still time to plan proactively...
BRATTLEBORO-Class, a play by Irish playwrights Iseult Golden and David Horan, gets its U.S. premiere at the Hooker-Dunham Theater this month. The story: Brian and Donna's son, Jayden, is 9, and he's struggling. That's what his teacher says. Judging by test scores and behaviors, he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna - recently separated - never liked school, nor teachers. So are they going to trust this one? The upshot: a parent-teacher meeting goes very wrong. The play...
BRATTLEBORO-Lawmakers are responsible for making the rules to protect us all and provide the best conditions for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." David Gartenstein's experience as a prosecutor of people whose experiences in society have led them to abuse those rules has grounded him in the importance of maintaining solid structures and systems for organizing society. Being so intimately familiar with the pain and damage that results when those structures break down has given him a deep understanding...
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