BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
Have you avoided the library because you're embarrassed about your late fees? Is there a book you keep meaning to return, but you've had it so long you can't bear to face the librarian, so you keep putting it off? Meanwhile, the overdue fees keep accruing... You're not alone. Brooks Memorial Library Director Starr LaTronica wants to remove the shame of returning materials past their due date. She also wants to do away with late fees. And she's not alone.
Brattleboro Clayworks is preparing for the 11th annual Empty Bowls Dinner, a benefit for the Brattleboro Drop In Center, with a Bowlerama on Saturday, April 11. Bowlerama offers an opportunity for those who have little or no experience in clay to create a bowl to donate to the dinner. Bonnie Stearns, Alan Steinberg, and Annie Lauterbach will be available to help bowl-makers get started, provide basic instruction, and troubleshoot if assistance is needed. Participants can dig hands into the clay...
While as a retired teacher, I strongly support contests such as the Rudyard Kipling Young Writers Awards, I must object to the uncritical treatment of the man for whom this award was named, Rudyard Kipling. I feel that to give our young students, who in Windham County are overwhelmingly white, the sort of uncritical praise of Kipling that was reflected in the article is a disservice to their education and to the great need to raise the consciousness of all...
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