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!
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Traditionally, voters in Guilford have organized a “meet the candidates” night at the Broad Brook Grange hall, where the folks running for town offices would introduce themselves to voters. COVID-19 and ongoing renovations to the Grange Hall have disrupted that tradition. Instead, a different sort of event took shape on Feb. 17 at the Vermont Marketplace, the former Outlet Center, on Canal Street. And, by design, only two of the four candidates for the Selectboard were present. Lynn Latulippe King,
The public is invited to join Peoples, Places, and the History of Words in Brattleboro, Vermont (Brattleboro Words Project) for its third Roundtable Discussion on Thursday, April 12, at 118 Elliot from 6 to 7 p.m. Did you know that the first U.S. edition of Harry Potter was published in Brattleboro in 1997? Or that the Brattleboro area is recognized worldwide as a fine printing and publishing hub? Local nonprofit Write Action is working with local writers to produce this...
There is so much to say about race in America. I have not newly come to the party, but, really, I don't know shit. I am going to start - and end - with a story. My wife and I were riding down from Putney after she picked me up at work, coming through the roundabout at Exit 3 to get on the highway. A driver in an SUV had been riding our tail, and as my wife slowed down...
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