BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Three officers from the Brattleboro Police Department and one Vermont State Police trooper have been placed on paid administrative leave as an investigation continues into the May 4 shooting of a Texas man on Black Mountain Road. According to a news release from Vermont State Police, Brattleboro Police Sgt. Chase Stanley and officers Michael Cable and Sean Wilson, as well as State Police Trooper Jason Lengfellner from the Westminster barracks, were involved in the shooting of a Texas man who...
On Sunday, May 1, the multimedia arts venue Epsilon Spires will join independent theaters across the country in screening The Wobblies, a 1978 documentary about the Industrial Workers of the World, which has recently been restored by the Museum of Modern Art and re-released in digital 4K. Since the late 19th century, the first day of May has been marked by demonstrations supporting workers' rights, and it is now recognized as a federal holiday in many countries around the world.
PUTNEY-The affordable housing article presents developers, past Selectboard members, and other town employees as progressive and compassionately concerned about the homeless and low-income residents, and those of us questioning the project as troublemakers who look down on the poor and needy. But it's a farce to call an $11.7 million project affordable and progressive! That construction fee breaks down to $468,000 per apartment, which is outrageous. Not only that, but residents at the three already-existing Windham & Windsor Housing Trust...
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