BRATTLEBORO-An achievement that has been decades in the making is about to finally happen with...
BRATTLEBORO-In the predawn hours of Nov. 7, a fire tore through the abandoned remains of...
PUTNEY-A fourth appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has proved unsuccessful in stopping the proposed...
BRATTLEBORO-A group of residents has successfully petitioned for a special Town Meeting to debate whether...
Sustainability. That's the key word repeated in conversations about the Brattleboro Retreat's recent announcement that it would close approximately six outpatient programs and lay off 85 employees. The announcement from the Retreat did not happen in a vacuum and will likely affect multiple layers of the Windham County community, mental-health system, workforce, and economy. What will the loss of the programs mean for other service providers who will likely fill the service gaps left by the closing programs? Where will...
There is nothing quite like serendipity. April 29, 1975 is the day that the last U.S. helicopters took off from the South Vietnam capital of Saigon, and returned home. April 29 also happened to be the day that two local men very much involved in the Vietnam War, Alan Carter and Dr. Thomas Hoskins, visited my social studies class at Brattleboro Union High School. Carter had gone to South Vietnam as an embassy worker, while Hoskins had gone as a...
AfterFab, America's only tribute to the solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, will perform at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St., on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. AfterFab is a declaration that The Beatles' magic didn't stop with their last album, Abbey Road, in 1970. The Fab Four's solo careers continued to produce stellar music, and AfterFab's high-energy, high-fidelity renderings put all four solo Beatles together into one show. As solo artists, The...
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