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...
It was the biggest March snowstorms in Vermont in many years and, after leaving anywhere from a few inches in downtown Brattleboro to a few feet in the higher elevations of Windham County, it took days for life to return to normal. Elevation had a great deal to do with how much snow that Windham County towns received in the nor'easter that hit the area from March 13-15, which left many people without power for days. According to the National...
This Saturday at Annual Representative Town Meeting (ARTM), town reps will have a chance to take a simple step to make our town government more inclusive and accessible. Will we take that opportunity? The Selectboard is a powerful body that makes important decisions which impact everyone who lives, works, uses resources, and travels in Brattleboro; however, the job itself is accessible only to a minority of the population. Selectboard members make either $3,000 or $5,000 per year for a sizable...
BELLOWS FALLS-Experimental pop collective Sool, described by The Boston Globe as " "Sool is a musically schizophrenic hodgepodge of experimental curiosities that you can dance to, has been recording and making music since 1994, traversing genres in a 'pin-the-tail-on-the-cosmic-monkey' approach," organizers said in a news release. "Their music has been featured in independent films, TV shows, and international ads. Underlying any preposterousness is the fact that these are top-notch players who happen to enjoy getting weird." Sool, which plays live...
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