BRATTLEBORO-Albert Mikuski, now 88 years old, recalls an extraordinary story of how he and his...
-The state's housing crisis will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, and...
BRATTLEBORO-At a standing-room-only meeting at Academy School on Dec. 12, Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members...
PUTNEY-Ars longa, vita brevis. One translation of the Latin phrase is that craft takes a...
Selectboard and department heads met on Dec. 8 for what was slated as the final budget meeting before 2013. After four hours, the board voted to table the budget until its Dec. 18 meeting. Board members asked Town Manager Barbra Sondag to assemble additional information for the board on the capital plan and whether to use undesignated funds, or “surplus” money, to ease pressure on the budget. Sondag said she had tried to assemble a budget that wouldn't significantly decrease...
The season is Advent, when we turn toward the dark of the year and prepare for holiday rituals, a Christian gloss laid over deeper beliefs and ways of knowing that extend further into the past. Not long ago, we experienced the longest night of the year, and the light is slowly starting to return. But it is a dark time right now. I've never known a darker time than this. I've been alive since 1957, the year that Sputnik was...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present contemporary folk and pop singer/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Seth Glier and Matt Nakoa at Next Stage on Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. A singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, producer, and Grammy nominee, Glier is renowned for his “fearless vocal delivery, musical exuberance, and seasoned songwriting beyond his years,” according to a news release. Averaging over 150 live performances annually, Glier has gone from opening act to headlining his own shows and playing major...
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