Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
It wasn't exactly with a stroke of the pen, but on May 2, in a unanimous voice vote, the five members of the Selectboard declared the town “compassionate.” Brattleboro is now a Compassionate City as articulated in the Charter for Compassion. What does this mean? And what are the town's responsibilities? These are questions Town Manager Peter B. Elwell and his staff researched to help the Selectboard prepare for their vote on the resolution. During the winter months leading up...
BRATTLEBORO-We were thrilled to discover Mollie Burke would be our representative to the State Legislature when we moved to Brattleboro. We knew of and respected her commitment to creating affordable and sustainable communities for all Vermonters. We also knew she listens to her constituents' concerns and finds ways to solve the problems they face. Mollie has been a member of the House Committee on Transportation since she started her first term in 2009. She has initiated programs for vehicle electrification...
The historic Jamaica Town Hall will be filled with the lively music of southern Vermont's finest bluegrass bands on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., as The Stockwell Brothers and The Bondville Boys will share the stage to entertain the audience. Bruce, Barry, and Alan Stockwell's music spans traditional and progressive styles, but their trademark acoustic sound features new singer/songwriter material recast with banjo, alternative rhythms, and three-part harmonies. They cover straight ahead bluegrass songs, finger picked acoustic guitar ballads,
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