WARDSBORO — Howard Fairman, you sound like a bitter skier talking about snowboarders when the mountains started letting “those kind” on the slopes.
Don't you believe in diversity on the trails?
“Oasis” means different things to different people.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
It has taken more than 15 years of work to pull it off, but the town will soon have a skatepark. The most tangible sign that the project at Living Memorial Park is nearing completion took place two weeks ago, when concrete started to be poured for the long-awaited 5,000-square-foot skatepark. Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte said at an Aug. 27 meeting of the Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming Committee (BASIC) that work has steadily progressed on the skatepark...
It would be inspiring if Vermont were once again a national leader in health care reform efforts. When Peter Shumlin was governor in the 2010s, reform activism was at a high point, and the possibility of Vermont becoming the first state to implement a single-payer system seemed real. When his administration ran the numbers, after costly studies were done, Shumlin decided that it was not politically feasible to move ahead, and health care reform died in Vermont. A bill now...
BRATTLEBORO-On on Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m., Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St., offers a rare screening of the 1916 silent film treasure, Snow White, with an original live score performed on harp and viola by sisters Leslie and Barbara McMichael. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the film begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are by sliding-scale and popcorn and refreshments are included. Everyone knows Disney's classic animated film Snow White, but few are aware that a teenage Walt Disney...
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