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Common interests, or us-versus-them?
Landlords respond to a proposal to prohibit advance collection of last month's rent
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
BRATTLEBORO-Vice President Hubert Humphrey once told his dear friend, Vermont's longtime Sen. Patrick Leahy, that "any person who doesn't have tears doesn't have heart." And Leahy showed that heart - and a few tears - when he and his wife, Marcelle Leahy, came to town on Aug. 9 and 10 as part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the School for International Training (SIT). Leahy was the longest-serving senator in Vermont's history. He represented this state for eight terms before...
Now that nearly a year has passed since the start of this pandemic, the Putney Foodshelf wants to recognize the tremendous support the organization has received over the past year. This support has come in many forms: volunteerism, donor support, donations of fresh produce and eggs, and so much more. We have seen that the people who live in these hills and in this valley have deep compassion, generosity, and the capacity to meet a moment of challenge in remarkable...
Climbing the walls will have a different meaning Friday through Sunday, November 18–20, when Nimble Arts brings Vertical Dance to Brattleboro for the first time in a collaboration with the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). “We sort of change the rules of gravity,” Creative Director Serenity Smith Forchion said in a news release. She said she learned the art form while teaching at aerial dance festivals in England and Ireland. “Using harnesses and rope tools from rock climbers...
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