Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
The Vermont House wants to pump more cash into the state's “working lands.” The fiscal year 2017 budget bill approved March 24 by the House allocates $900,490 for the popular Working Lands grant program. That's a boost of about $189,000 from the allocation that had been proposed by the governor, said Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, who chairs the House Agriculture and Forest Products Committee. For a high-demand program that makes relatively small awards all over the state, any increase in...
Since the early 1980s, the membership of the Brattleboro Area Softball Association, Inc. (BASA) has generously contributed money and manpower to the improvement of the Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department softball fields at Living Memorial Park. Recently, BASA fulfilled a longtime dream and pledged $125,000 toward the development of the West River Park and the creation of a regulation-lighted softball field there. On April 29, we officially started league play with games at this complex. On Saturday, May 18 (with...
Harmony Collective says they are bringing downtown Brattleboro a beam of springtime hope with "Spring Forward," a group art show featuring several artists' expressions of what the change of season means to them. Exploring themes of growth, resilience, and the joy of sunny days ahead, Harmony Collective celebrates an artful welcome to a season of renewal. The Spring Forward show opens Friday, March 8, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., with refreshments and opportunities to meet the artists who exhibit at...
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