Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
By the end of the year, state officials expect to sign a lease with the town to rent approximately 10,000 square feet of the municipal building at 230 Main St. State Commissioner of Buildings and Services Christopher Cole submitted a letter of intent, dated Oct. 5, with some details on the proposed lease agreement. In the letter, Cole wrote, “It is the State's intent to formalize a lease within 45 days of the signing of this Letter of Intent.” The...
I serve as a member of the Westminster School Board and participated as one of the members of the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee. I want townspeople in the region to know that the Windham Northeast Committee made a decision to bring the issue of whether or not to consolidate to the voters of our respective towns - Athens, Grafton, Rockingham and Westminster. Importantly, the committee did not endorse or recommend the proposed consolidation. I was actively...
When people move from a beloved town, they often are filled with regret about what they have to leave behind: their house, a favorite store, or a park. But when Suzanne Rubinstein had to leave Madison, Wis., because her husband was taking a job at Marlboro College in Vermont, she had one overriding thought, “I can't leave Madison without YSP.” So she took it with her. The Young Shakespeare Players (YSP) is a nationally acclaimed youth classical theater that was...
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