BRATTLEBORO — Did you know that kids and adults pick our food? I worked on a farm. I liked eating the mint.
I think it's good that kids pick our food. Kids should work for a little bit of time, but not for a whole day, so they can see their parents.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
On a cool and overcast June morning, Amanda Thurber led three successive groups of kindergarteners from Academy School on a tour of the dairy operation at Lilac Ridge Farm on Ames Hill Road. She guided the children around the organic farm she runs with her husband, Ross, and she took them through the whole milk production process, from cow to glass. At the end of the tour, she gave them all a sample of organic soft-serve ice cream from the...
A year and a half ago, I received an outpouring of support when I published my story about both being sexually abused by my grandfather as a child and about Vermont Public Radio not allowing me to use the word “grandfather” to identify my abuser. I was also the recipient of many, many confessions of untold abuse. Ever since, I've been thinking about a way to help others break the silence that keeps this kind of abuse secret - and...
Pleased with a working group's draft of a grant application for local arts projects, the Selectboard authorized the use of $15,000 for a Town Arts Fund. The new fund offers awards up to $5,000 “to enable the development and presentation of creative projects that contribute positively to the community and to the vibrancy and diversity of Brattleboro's arts and cultural landscape.” In March, The Selectboard had approved moving the draft application forward. In response to questions from the working group...
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