BRATTLEBORO-Three new members will join the Selectboard following an election that, fueled by a surge...
TOWNSHEND-Before the Feb. 25 girls' basketball game between Leland & Gray and Bellows Falls, a...
BRATTLEBORO-After 14 years as assistant town manager, Patrick Moreland is stepping down to become the...
WESTMINSTER-It's not a generally known fact of history unless you happen to be from southeastern...
DOVER-Even though she lost her courageous challenge to become speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives for the new biennium, Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, says she is glad she ran. "It really was necessary," Sibilia said. "It was clear to us that the situation on the ground was such that something had to change. And I absolutely am certain that, as a result of me running, I already see changes that are happening. And I'm happy for that." In a...
Nicki Steel (nickisteel.com) is a photographer who focuses on the details of the rural landscape close to home. For the second year in a row, the Wilmington Selectboard has put before the voters at Town Meeting a choice to do away with in-person Town Meeting and go completely to Australian ballot. What was the vote last year, you ask? In favor of cancelling town meetings? No one. In favor of keeping Town Meetings? Everyone in the room. The Board asked...
Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV) recently entered two pieces in the nationwide “Hometown Media Awards” contest hosted annually by the Alliance for Community Media, and won both categories. BCTV entered a 19-minute piece in the Original Teleplay category for videos created by youth under 18. The winning video, Double Trouble: BCTV's Summer Video Camp Spectacular, features a mysterious cloning epidemic in downtown Brattleboro. The story idea and script were written by the group of 10 children ages 10 to 12 who...
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