BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
The Selectboard voted unanimously on Jan. 19 to formally accept the Community Safety Review Process report and recommendations. Board members directed town staff to read through the report and return with additional information. “We will be bringing back to the Selectboard additional information to help [members] decide how to move forward with the work,” Town Manager Peter Elwell said. The report outlines the often negative experiences that marginalized townspeople report having had with law enforcement, the mental health system, and...
Local artists are invited to submit pieces for a community art show being hosted by Main Street Arts. The show will run from Monday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 19, with an artists' reception Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Artists - professional and amateur - may drop off their work Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 16 or 17, from 9 a.m. to noon or 4 to 6 p.m. Other arrangements can be made if necessary. Artists of all...
I do not know Mark Speno, other than that he makes a very good impression when, as principal of Green Street School, he has spoken at school board meetings I've attended. I don't think I've ever spoken to him directly. Most residents in the communities that make up the Windham South East School District probably don't know him any better than that. So what are we to make of the school board's ongoing, contentious, and dysfunctional process of choosing a...
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