BRATTLEBORO — I'm writing in appreciation of the beautiful flowers we have throughout downtown Brattleboro this summer!
Our quality of life is higher because of these flowers. Many thanks to those who are responsible for them.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
PUTNEY-Theresa Armata remembers the scene atop Putney Mountain the first time she came to join her local hawk-watching crew in 2010. "There were these people sitting in chairs staring at the sky," she said, reflecting on their welcoming presence. "And so on my next day off, I came again, and again, and again." She's been an official counter for the Putney Mountain Hawkwatch ever since, one of several making sure the tallies of raptor sightings are accurate. Their work, the...
We are writing to the members of the Rockingham community to clarify the role of Rockingham Help and Helpers (RHH) during the COViD-19 crisis. Concerns have been raised that we may be impinging on some of our established nonprofits by providing redundant services and by receiving donations of food and money that they might otherwise get. RHH came into being immediately after our governor's stay-at-home order was issued when several of us called the town manager with offers to help...
On Saturday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m., Cirque Us is back in Brattleboro with “RagTag: A Circus in Stitches,” at the New England Center for Circus Arts trapezium. Join Cirque Us's RagTag group of thread-barren, yarn-spinning characters around the fire as they explore a new patchwork world and be entwined with a group of mismatched artists as they stitch together a tapestry of talents. From high-flying, knot-tying, gravity defying aerialists, to loopy jugglers, to musicians that pull your heart strings,
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