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Common interests, or us-versus-them?
Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
BELLOWS FALLS-This month, Bellows Falls Union High School will begin a partnership with the Jed Foundation, a national nonprofit, for a three-year program aimed at improving and safeguarding the emotional and mental health of students and preventing teen and young adult suicide. The Jed Foundation was established by Phil and Donna Satow following the death of their youngest son, Jed, by suicide in 1998, when he was in college. BFUHS and the Jed Foundation will collaborate on implementing a comprehensive...
The fine-line copperplate nature etchings of Sheryl Steiger Young and the imaginative drawings of Linda Baker-Cimini are on exhibit at Gallery in the Woods, 145 Main Street, for the month of October with an opening reception on Friday, Oct. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. Sheryl Steiger Young first began etching nearly 50 years ago when she wanted to duplicate her art and keep her beloved works. Inspired by masters Albrecht Dürer and Martin Schongauer, her process is much the...
Melissa Swim completed 13 years as a breast cancer survivor on March 10. When I saw the video announcing that Catherine, princess of Wales, had cancer, I wasn't at all surprised. I had a feeling since I heard the words "abdominal surgery." What I have been surprised about in the last several weeks was the vicious speculation around her whereabouts. Has she died? Is that a body double? William is having an affair? Are they divorcing? Was she "Epsteined"? No,
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