BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will head to Windham County to present two cutting-edge music presentations...
BRATTLEBORO-Throughout the month of April, River Gallery School will exhibit "Places We Know: Local Landscapes...
BRATTLEBORO-ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St., is supporting the Vermont Reads community program by...
The village of Lower Bartonsville has been the driving force in getting an article on the upcoming Annual Town Meeting agenda to try to get some nominal funding for a police presence in rural parts of the town. This year, voters in Rockingham will consider spending $6,000 in taxpayer money to fund a contract with the Windham County Sheriff's Office. But opposition to the contract is emerging from the village of Bellows Falls, which funds its own police department, and...
The Vermont Humanities Council will bring two First Wednesdays talks to Brattleboro in February as part of its monthly First Wednesdays series. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m., at Brooks Memorial Library, UVM professor and lifelong Vermonter Frank Bryan will consider the cultural and historical impact of the Interstate Highway System on Vermont in his talk, “Concrete, Culture, and Community: The Impact of the Interstate Highway on Vermont.” Bryan is the author of “Real Democracy: The New England Town...
I am one of the many Vermonters who is angry and saddened, but not surprised, by the will of the federal courts to twist the law in favor of corporate interests. Entergy's win in its immoral lawsuit against the state of Vermont is an example of right-wing judges asserting corporate control over our state. The basis of both the initial ruling by Judge J. Garvan Murtha, and the appeal court's backing of that ruling [News, Aug. 21], is not that...
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