BRATTLEBORO — Whoever painted this graffiti on a rock in the West River estuary, please desist.
Haven't we already done enough to the Abenaki lands?
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
After a March 1 Annual Town Meeting vote approved a $1.2 million expansion plan for the Guilford Free Library by just 15 votes (348–333), a re-vote on May 24 has nixed the plan by 30 votes, 405–375. The revote came after 10 percent of the town's registered voters signed a petition requesting it. The article was exactly as first presented, asking for a $205,000 bond to help pay for the project and that the town reallocate $195,000 in money originally...
For years, I have passed by the Rockingham Meeting House and sometimes stopped my car to ask myself again, “How is someone supposed to read the historic roadside marker on Route 103 just below the Rockingham Meeting House?” Again, when I attended the annual program at the meeting house, I purposely went back to the sign and determined whether someone had noticed this shortcoming (actually, long-coming, due to its extra-long pole!) and was giving it the attention it deserves. The...
After a year of planning and writing, The Vermont Suitcase Company will bring Robin Hood to outdoor venues around Vermont from July 16 to 30. But this is not your mama's “Robin Hood.” The Suitcase Company's version, tongue firmly tucked-in-cheek and with a few suspensions of disbelief, includes Dry Anthony and Wet William as the Sheriff of Nottingham's two charming pig deputies; woodland creatures, including a chipmunk named Chippie, the union man; Fisher, a fisher cat, always sharpening his knife;
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302
Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302
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