BRATTLEBORO — It was gratifying to learn that federal, state, and town authorities succeeded in apprehending drug dealers at 33 Oak St. and 48-50 Central St. as well as the Black Mountain Inn on Putney Road.
Drug activity poses all sorts of problems for our community. Thank you to the officials who worked to achieve these results.
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WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
In 1974, Brattleboro got a new muse; she may be long gone now, but her legend lives on in poetry and song. Especially in song. Her name was Mary Shiminski, and she became famous because of a fight she had with her boyfriend, Bert Salva. Yes, anyone who has lived in Brattleboro for any length of time knows about the hand-painted message on the railroad bridge over Route 9 leading to New Hampshire - the bridge that for many years...
Perhaps the most appalling defense mounted by members of the GOP for the fallen Donald Trump was that the violence at the U.S. Capitol was somehow equivalent - or even less serious - than the protests for civil rights that occurred throughout the summer in the cause of Black Lives Matter. Let me clarify. The marches and protests that followed the extralegal lynching of George Floyd and the utterly incompetent raid that resulted in the murder by police of Breonna...
The Brattleboro Music Center is launching a weekly open mic program for all musicians, and all genres, ages, and abilities on Monday, Nov. 9. Until musicians and music lovers can gather again in person safely, the BMC open mic events allow performers to record a video of themselves playing music and send it on to the BMC at [email protected]. Submissions will be compiled into virtual “open mic” sessions. These will be shared on the BMC Facebook page. Participants can play...
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