BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Sherri Keefe, for your efforts to protect others from predation and abuse.
It takes such courage to stand alone in the face of all you're enduring when you tell your story.
Much love and support to you.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
A proposed rule change by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could have a devastating impact on public access stations such as Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV) and Falls Area Community Television (FACT-TV). The FCC's proposed new rules (Docket 05-311) would allow cable operators to reclassify certain services and charge them against the cable subscriber fees that are collected to fund public access stations in Vermont and across the country. This means that companies such as Comcast, which holds the cable TV...
Even if you're not able to attend Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 5, it's important for Guilford residents to vote by Australian ballot on the Flood and Fluvial Erosion Hazard ordinance. Absentee ballots are available from the Town Clerk. A no vote lets the ordinance stand as enacted by the Selectboard last November, after nearly two years of research and deliberations. A yes vote overturns the ordinance. Although some regard the ordinance as a burdensome regulation, in fact it protects...
Families and youth of all ages are invited to the Rockingham Free Public Library on Monday, Dec. 23, at 5 p.m., for Punschi, a special family event. Punschi is an action-packed performance by second-generation puppeteer Jana Zeller of Sandglass Theater and her cast of German hand puppets. Inspired by European fairground traditions, the show includes two hand-puppet adventures, clowning, and musical interludes on the ukulele. Zeller grew up in a family of internationally touring puppeteers and began working as a...
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