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Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame...
Nancy Braus , a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. GUILFORD-Vermont Yankee, a nuclear...
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon,
BRATTLEBORO-Like many of you, I have been outraged by the actions of the Trump administration,
You weren't imagining things if you saw an Amtrak train whizzing through town on March 15. It was just one sign that Amtrak service to Vermont, which was shut down on March 26, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is in the process of being resumed. The train that passed through Brattleboro was what Amtrak calls a “requalification run” for engineers and conductors who will be operating the Vermonter, the daily train that had run between St. Albans and Washington,
Jan. 6, 2021, will forever mark a day of infamy for our nation. It will be remembered because our beloved Capitol building - the very heart of our democracy - was stormed and laid under siege. Rioters broke through windows, doors, and security barriers in both the Senate and House wings of the Capitol, assaulting Capitol Police officers, leaving a wake of destruction, and forcing me and other members of Congress to temporarily delay fulfilling our constitutional duty to certify...
Giants, fairy tales, and an octopus' garden will be among the themes explored during an imaginative weeklong summer music program for children. Camp Allegretto, presented July 10-14 by the Brattleboro Music Center for kids ages 5 to 8, will include singing, storytelling, dancing and movement, and a related art project, instructor Kim Wallach says in a news release. “Daily themes will unite a story, some through the songs and games, and in some way, the art project,” says Wallach, who...
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