BRATTLEBORO — I would like to teach you about farming.
I have to say: Kids pick our food. Farm owners spray pesticides on the food. The pesticides make kids sick.
People who work in this profession should get $4 to $20 per bucket or bag.
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...
The state primary election will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at polls throughout Windham County. The following information is provided by the elections division of the office of Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Harris. For more information, including personalized voter resources, visit sos.vermont.gov/elections. Polls at locations statewide, including the following locations, close at 7 p.m. [Editor’s note: The contact information for Vernon, supplied inaccurately in the state listing, has been corrected, with our apologies and appreciation to Town Clerk...
On May 12, I cast my final vote of the 2023 legislative session. I did so in the Vermont State House, in what is often called “the People's House.” It felt to this legislator like those who work in the “People's House” had not done enough to ensure that vulnerable people would have a house. The vote was for the state budget, which passed 90 yes to 53 no, sealing the fate of 1,800 households whose members will be forced...
Adapting his work to the global pandemic, photographer Ezra Distler is creating black-and-white portraits of essential workers. Distler, who has taken “maybe 1,500 or more” portraits of townspeople over the years, had received a grant last year from the Arts Council of Windham County for the Brattleboro Town Arts Fund to continue his work, with a focus on at-risk communities. “I applied in January, and got approved, I think, in February,” he said. “And then in March, everything changed.” Distler...
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