BRATTLEBORO-Much of Windham County depends for its health care services on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH),
BRATTLEBORO-With this month's effective end to the state's motel voucher program on July 1, a...
BRATTLEBORO-The annual Brattleboro Goes Fourth! parade on July 4 featured plenty of vehicles from all...
BRATTLEBORO-When the Vermont Legislature adjourned on June 16, it had run more than a month...
Over the last few years, Jay Karpin has received many honors for his service in the Army Air Force in World War II. But the latest honor for the the 94-year-old Brattleboro veteran was literally heartwarming. During a surprise ceremony on Dec. 18 at American Legion Post 5's weekly coffee hour for veterans, Karpin was presented a handmade quilt from the Deerfield Valley chapter of Quilts of Valor, a nonprofit organization that has awarded veterans nearly 208,000 quilts since its...
As part of the fifth biannual Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music Festival presented by Stone Church Arts, New England Mandolin Ensemble will perform with festival participants on Sunday, June 28, at 3 p.m. The concert takes place in the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St. The New England Mandolin Ensemble is in the vanguard of musical groups exploring both newly-composed and nearly-forgotten works for classical mandolin ensemble. Directed by Professor August Watters of Berklee College of Music, the...
My family of five is fortunate to have top-of-the-line health insurance. Even better, we're all healthy. Nevertheless, we do use health care for routine screenings and the occasional illness or injury. I administer our two plans: one covers our high deductible; the other pays for everything else. I'm not complaining about the coverage, but I'm furious about the untold hours I spend online, on hold, and on the phone as part of the paper chase called claims. Because I worked...
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