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...
More than 300 people began streaming onto the Retreat Farm and into a big white tent on Aug. 13 as Sam Waymon - brother to the late musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone - and two backup vocalists set the upbeat rhythms for the third annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, with guests joining in to sing together. Cliff Wood, a retired college president and a member of the Windham County Vermont NAACP leadership team, had organized the organization's members...
RE: “Insect impact: State forester says Hemlock Woolly Adelgid can now be found all over Windham County” [Jan. 23]: Your article is very informative about the biology of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, but it leaves the reader hanging if they do identify an infestation and want to know what to do to stay ahead of the pest in favor of saving the tree. There are excellent options available that are easy to apply and inexpensive compared to tree removal.
New England Youth Theatre has scheduled auditions for “Titus Andronicus,” by William Shakespeare. Actors aged 14 to 19 are encouraged to audition for any of the roles, which will be filled through gender-blind casting. Auditions will be at the theatre on Flat Street from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 13. Those interested should prepare a short Shakespeare verse monologue to perform, be prepared to discuss the piece, and stand by for the possibility that participants might have to...
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