Finally, voices of reason! I have watched this situation unfold, and I am flabbergasted how quickly it got out of control.
I waited and waited for reasonable voices to make their thoughts known. Thank you for speaking up!
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
School board members have decided to temporarily shutter Windham Elementary School after administrators struggled to fill staffing positions at the tiny school. The three-person Windham School Board voted on Dec. 14 to close the 15-student school and send kids to Townshend Elementary, roughly 10 miles away. Students will continue to attend Windham Elementary through this week and will begin at Townshend in the new year. "This is a short-term emergency measure," said Windham Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Bob Thibault at...
The Green Mountain Mummers will perform on Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27. The group will present its symbolic death-and-resurrection "street theater" rain or shine in seven locations in Windham County. The group of 10 (mostly) Windham County residents is probably the oldest continuing sword dance and mumming troupe in the United States. Founded in 1975, the group operates in the manner of the old English morris and sword dancers from which the dances were originally collected: they meet...
My friend Sarah Ovenden and I run a small company called Roots on the Rails. A couple of times a year, we book moderately well-known musicians (the “roots” part) who can draw a crowd of 50 or so fans, charter five vintage, privately-owned passenger railroad cars (the “rails” part), and set out to visit some cool places that are served by passenger train. We've done 45 or so trips since 2003, with musicians ranging from Cowboy Junkies to Ramblin' Jack...
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