Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
After more than a year of site evaluations, feasibility studies, and planning, the Brattleboro Housing Authority (BHA) announced the site for a new senior housing complex to be called Red Clover Commons. The 55-unit, three-story building will be located on a 2.8-acre site at 464 Canal St., next to Walgreens. “We are moving the Melrose [Terrace] residents out of the floodway,” said Christine Hart, BHA executive director. In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene flooded Melrose Terrace, a public housing complex for...
Now in its 51st season, Friends of Music at Guilford presents its eighth Women in Music Celebration, a house-concert gala, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 23. The fundraiser includes food, music, and a silent auction offering a few gift certificates and a large number of 2-for-1 tickets to arts events around the region. The menu includes hors d'oeuvres, salads, and sides, with fruit and Vermont cheeses, and a variety of wines and other beverages. Desserts to be served after...
When Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn got the call, along with Jack Szostak, that they had each received one-third of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, they entered a largely unknown group of women whose work in the sciences has been honored. Rosalind Franklin's work on DNA is now widely acknowledged but it was not recognized by the Nobel Committee in 1962 when it awarded the coveted prize to James Watson and Francis Crick for their work on the double-helix...
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