PUTNEY — Retired Brattleboro Police Department Captain Mark Carignan's premier novel Out from Under: George V. Higgins would have admired it.
If you know who he was, that's my review.
If you don't, read both.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The Selectboard will hold a pre–Annual Representative Town Meeting information forum on Wednesday, March 9 via Zoom at 7:30 p.m. ARTM articles will be discussed, including the budget. Constituents can meet with Town Meeting members of each district to share their views and discuss articles to be voted on at the annual meeting, beginning at 5:15 p.m. (for District 1), 6 p.m. (for District 2), and 6:45 p.m. (for District 3). Also, at those times, each district will hold a...
BRATTLEBORO-On Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m., the Latchis Theatre will ring again with the sounds of Sing Nowell: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide. This is the third year of the community celebration bringing together Andy Davis and Fred Breunig of Nowell Sing We Clear, the vocal ensemble Windborne (Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, and Will Rowan) as well as an ensemble of Arthur Davis, Emma Schneider, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin, and Laurel Swift. Tickets are available at tinyurl.com/SingNowell2024.
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group born from a Vermont Council on Rural Development site visit to town. PUTNEY-With so many factors making Vermont a challenging place to live - harsh winters, high cost of living, excessive flooding, minimal jobs, an aging population, and loss of small businesses - I do not believe adding contention and divisiveness around building housing a smart strategy to attract and welcome new residents. Two of...
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