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 topic of about 70 minutes of public comment at a recent Windham Southeast School District school board meeting was the future career of Interim Superintendent Mark Speno, who attended the meeting but said nothing. On March 16 - the night after 300 people jammed Zoom for the WSESD school board public forum to discuss masking [story, A5] - 175 people were again on Zoom. Approximately 50 people - mostly students and school officials - attended in person. Public comment...
The Austine School for the Deaf closed its doors in 2014, and the tiny gymnasium where standouts such as Darryl Wetzel, Mike Carter, Madonna Coburn, and Jill Donohue once played is now home to the Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market. The school itself is now owned by the Winston Prouty Center and is home to several other tenants. The basketball court looks pretty much as it did when the Austine Arrows boys’ and girls’ basketball teams were playing, albeit a little...
I recently participated in the Townshend Community Conversation about "Vermont's healthcare system to support hospital transformation." For two hours, residents of rural Windham County testified to the extraordinary way medical services are delivered at Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital. It was a remarkable expression of gratitude and pride for an institution that delivers essential health care services to the rural community it serves. And for good reason. People can access a lot of primary care in Townshend, including pediatrics,
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