Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran. BRATTLEBORO-Recently,
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
Voters gathered on March 4 and 5 for Annual Town Meeting voters, approving a $5.96-million school budget and passing an amended fiscal year 2020 municipal general fund budget of $1.89 million with $1.57 million to be raised by taxes. Voters amended the budget up in order to provide more coverage from the Windham County Sheriff's Office. During the 3{1/2}-hour meeting Monday night at Vernon Elementary School, residents considered more than 20 binding articles. “Vote with whatever color you have,” Town...
PUTNEY-Sandglass Theater's "A Rafter of Crankies" returns to Green Mountain Orchards, 130 West Hill Rd., for the fourth consecutive year. This year, Sandglass is also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the festival. As part of the Putney Craft Tour during Thanksgiving Weekend, performances will take place at 5 and 7:30 p.m. on both Friday, Nov. 29, and Saturday, Nov. 30. "Crankies" are panoramic scrolls advanced through a frame by cranking handles. The effect "is like watching the analog ancestor of...
Lana Dever or Peter “Fish” Case for WSESD school board? Over the years, both have contributed much to our community, volunteering their time, energy, and expertise to a variety of social causes. Peter has served, for example, on the boards of Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro, Groundworks Collaborative, Girls on the Run, and Black Mountain Residential Family Living. Anyone who follows his columns in the Brattleboro Reformer knows that he is a champion of Black Lives Matter, Everyone Eats,
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