DUMMERSTON — Wonderfully detailed and complete article on the status of recycling and trash disposal but no information on how options affect the environment and climate change.
I would love to read more in a future story.
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...
Charles Raubicheck and Peg Alden are the newest members of the Selectboard following the April 26 special election. The vote came after annual meeting voters agreed to add two members to the former three-member panel - a change put on the ballot by citizen petition. Alden, who won a one-year seat with 369 votes, ran against Laura Campbell (28 votes), Bryce Hodson (63 votes), and Parry Smith-Phillips (39 votes). Raubicheck vied with Elizabeth Warner for a two-year seat, wining 364-128.
Author Katherine Paterson, who writes books for children and young adults, is a two-time winner of the prestigious John Newbery Medal for children's books and a two-time winner of the National Book Award. To put that in perspective, it almost never happens. Paterson, 92, has written more than 30 books and won over 20 national and international awards. She writes with empathy, vividness, and clarity about the uncomfortable truths of characters who immediately come alive on the page. “Most of...
What will it take before the state decides that the benefits of cleaning out the rivers will outweigh the damage that flooding every 5{1/2} months causes? Also, how about the state/town taking the opportunity to purchase Wheeler Field (across from the bowling alley) while it's for sale to help with water levels? With the 100-year floods turning into less-than-six-months floods, maybe it's time to act before it's too late. Julie Moore Wilmington This letter to the editor was submitted to...
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