BRATTLEBORO — Some people at big farms - both kids and adults - pick our food, like lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and potatoes.
Some of the workers are migrant workers. The farm workers and the migrant workers work for a long time, sometimes for 10 to 14 hours per day. Is that crazy, or what?
They work in serious heat. They could get really sick. They could get heat stroke and dizziness, too.
I think they should have breaks for an hour, because they work very hard.
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While affirming its following of COVID-19 safety regimens and state government protocols with regard to the fencing camp held on the Degrees of Freedom campus in August, Seth Andrew, the founder of the nascent program told town officials that he and his team will “not be bullied or engage with anyone who continues the unfounded and xenophobic attacks on us or anyone not from Marlboro.” In the end, town officials concluded that the participants in the fencing camp adequately followed...
Cara Lee Rodrigues of Wardsboro is being held without bail. She has pled not guilty to the charge of second-degree murder of Emmy Bascom of Guilford. By some accounts, the pair had known each other for only two weeks. There are no winners here. My heart is with the family and friends of Emmy Bascom who have suffered the greatest of all losses - her death. Their mother, friend, aunt, cousin is gone. As difficult as it is, my heart...
Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy, Stefan Amidon and Zara Bode, and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon will present their 20th Brattleboro New Year's Eve concert on Friday, Dec. 31, at 5 and 7:30 p.m. This annual holiday “Smorgasbord of Traditional Song & Dance Tunes” continues with an evening of New England, Appalachian, Irish, and French-Canadian dance music, fiddling from around the world, and a feast of singing. This year's event combines familiar faces with changes in venue and schedule, with...
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