Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Like every good politician, Republican Governor Phil Scott opened his speech to members of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce with a joke. “It's always a pleasure for me to come here to Brattleboro,” he said. “Not everybody says that from my party.” In the 2018 gubernatorial election, Scott lost Brattleboro to Democratic challenger Christine Hallquist, 3,391 to 1,408. It was one of the few towns in the state that Scott failed to win on the way to a landslide...
Recent research is warning that the rapid loss of wildlife in recent decades shows the sixth mass extinction over the past 400 million years in Earth's history is underway. In the face of this warning, it is important to note that the Connecticut River watershed is the home range for five threatened or endangered species that rely on healthy clean water: the dwarf Wedgemussel, the puritan tiger beetle, the Northeastern bulrush, Jesup's milk-vetch, and the shortnose sturgeon. As of now,
The Latchis Theatre is showing Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film, “Modern Times,” on Thursday, Sept. 1. Unlike in most screenings of this silent movie, however, the accompanying music will come not from the film's soundtrack but from local musician Dan DeWalt's piano, as he provides a live, part-composed, part-improvised score. DeWalt is a composer and multi-instrumentalist, playing in various bands, such as Simba and the Creacion Latin Big Band, and in various regional musical theater productions. Considered by the American Film...
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