At almost 90 years old, Verne Bristol's heart and his memories are still very much with Rescue Inc., the organization he and 13 other men founded in Brattleboro in 1966. What does Bristol, a former president of the nonprofit and a town resident, think of the town's desire to allow the Brattleboro Fire Department to ultimately take over Rescue Inc.'s responsibilities? “I'm sure our new town manager is a smart man and was hired with good reason,” Bristol says, referencing...
It was with great interest that I read this piece by independent bookseller Nancy Braus. While crime is, like so many other issues, a national one, it is more effectively dealt with on a local level. Our future as a state is not dependent on who did and does occupy the White House, it is dependent on what we initially do city by city, town by town. Our state representatives and senators come from our cities and towns with a...
The word “dulcimer” means “sweet music,” and on Saturday, Aug. 14, at Memorial Hall, concertgoers will savor the joyful sounds of the instrument as part of the 30th annual August Dulcimer Daze Festival. Nationally acclaimed musicians Don Pedi and Carol Walker are the featured performers. Born into a musical family in Chelsea, Mass., Pedi got involved with the Boston folk music scene in the early 1960s. While attending the Newport Folk Festival, he was exposed to traditional musicians like Frank...
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