A contribution to the Sept. 4 Letters from Readers column called out U.S. Rep. Peter Welch for not voicing support for impeaching President Donald Trump.
Welch, in fact, called for Trump's impeachment on July 18.
The season of Representative Annual Town Meeting (RATM) got underway with the first of two informational meetings designed to brief meeting members on the 28 articles they will consider later this week. Town staff and the Selectboard provided updates on the proposed fiscal year 2022 municipal budget, on funding to update the municipal website (brattleboro.org), and on potential efforts to establish guidelines around human services funding. Meeting members also received the unglamorous, but good, news that town finances were weathering...
David Stern's production of the classic musical Cabaret, from Main Street Arts, has all the ingredients of a hit: great book and lyrics, gifted actors in fabulous costumes, striking dance numbers, and a brilliant set. The shadow of Nazism falling over Berlin in the early 1930s injects dark poignance and contemporary relevance into a plot that centers on the brassy, talented, and scandalous Sally Bowles. Aidan Flower Des Jardins, an up-and-coming alumna of New England Youth Theatre known to local...
I am a Putney resident who wants more affordable housing - literally, in my backyard. There's an alternative to billion-dollar corporations monopolizing Vermont affordable housing building another project in downtown Putney. Right now, the federal government (through Vermont Housing Improvement Program funds distributed by the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust) is offering property owners grants of $30,000 to $50,000 to build affordable housing. These funds can be used to create in-laws or garage apartments and additions to homes, as long...
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