BRATTLEBORO-Last week, the Vermont Legislature adjourned after passing a controversial education reform bill that many...
WINDHAM-Approximately 40 people gathered at the Windham Meeting House on June 17 for "What's Possible,
BRATTLEBORO-Three school districts will begin their summer meals programs, distributing free, weekly meal kits to...
WESTMINSTER-After completing its 25th school year of operation, The Compass School recently and abruptly announced...
The marijuana industry in Windham County appears ready to grow - if it can overcome some challenges. That's according to panelists who spoke at a Sept. 5 breakfast held by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, where they cited a lack of clear state and federal regulations, a shortage of labor, a shortage of capital, and concerns about the effect of marijuana on youth. The current legalization of marijuana and its products are caught in an odd middle ground as...
John Hadden and Sean Roberts, the directors of the two shows this summer at Main Street Arts, Hamlet and The Books of Alice in Wonderland, will stage a brief, semi-improvisational mash-up of the two plays, to be filmed before a live audience for promotional use on local media, at the Flatiron Café on June 4 at noon. Members of the two casts will bring speeches from the plays and play a game in which they are interrupted by speeches from...
Before the excavators came, before the house was built, before the septic system was installed, there was a yurt and an outhouse and a Loveable Loo. Instead of a hole under the outhouse, my partner Alison set up a humanure system with sawdust, five-gallon plastic buckets, and an above-ground structure built out of wooden palettes and insulated with hay bales. The sawdust didn't just temper the smell in the outhouse; it contributed carbon-rich material to balance the nutrient-rich humanure. The...
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