TOWNSHEND-The smallest hospital in Vermont is not going anywhere. One provision of The One Big...
BELLOWS FALLS-National Grid and Great River Hydro (GRH) is making plans to upgrade the Vilas...
Much has been written about the effort expended on changing the way Vermont's education is...
BRATTLEBORO-Ask any journalist: It is almost impossible to get a good photo of documents being...
Three days before crowds lined Main Street in downtown Brattleboro to celebrate local farmers and view heifers resplendent in Mardi Gras beads, a smaller contingent crowded into the Latchis Theatre to delve into ways to create a societal shift to Slow Living. “What can we learn in the slow lane that we can't learn in the fast lane?” said Orly Munzing, founder and executive director of Strolling of the Heifers and the Slow Living Summit, in her opening statements June...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music will present contemporary folk singer/songwriters May Erlewine and Clayton Sabine at Next Stage on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. According to a news release, Erlewine, “one of the Midwest's most engaging and passionate songwriters, writes music of substance that feels both fresh and soulfully familiar, and with her trio connects listeners with a powerful, emotional experience.” Brattleboro-based singer/guitarist Clayton Sabine “makes up songs, too - sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're sad, sometimes...
We, as the original petitioners, are only half way to a goal of defeating PAYT for Brattleboro. I'd like to ask all the voters who voiced their dismay and unhappiness over PAYT back when they were signing the petition for a referendum: please go to either the town clerk to vote absentee or to the selectboard meeting room on June 29 to vote no on PAYT. It's time to prove our value as individual voters and put our votes into...
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