WEST CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-This weekend's opening of 2025's Ten Minute Play Festival (TMPF) at Actors Theatre...
BELLOWS FALLS-With a career spanning more than 50 years, Jorma Kaukonen has done it all.
BRATTLEBORO-June is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association as "Alzheimer's and Brain Health Awareness Month" (ABAM)
BRATTLEBORO-Former Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord and former Brooklyn, New York, Poet Laureate D. Nurkse...
Later this year, the parking area along Depot Street will gain more elbow room. The town has moved forward with its plan for additional parking spaces in the area sandwiched between the train tracks and the Connecticut River. At its Feb. 2 meeting, the Selectboard approved a $25,300 design contract, plus out-of-pocket expenses, with Stevens & Associates, PC, an engineering and architecture firm based in town. “[Depot Street] doesn't look much like a street,” Town Manager Peter Elwell said. “Most...
As the town of Brattleboro welcomes a new Selectboard, we acknowledge the contributions that outgoing members Dick DeGray and Dora Bouboulis made to Brattleboro Community Television (BCTV) during their tenures on the board. Both advocated using BCTV to provide increased transparency and public involvement in local government. Dick and Dora increased the meetings we cover by calling for the addition of Brattleboro's Planning and Development Review Boards to the Channel 10 lineup. Also serving as a member of the BCTV...
Winners of the 2017 Write Action Poetry and Prose Contest were announced at this year's annual picnic by judges Joe Mazur (prose) and James Kate (poetry). For prose, Elayne Clift took first prize for “Navigating the Unknown.” Steve Lloyd won second place for “Like Any Boy,” and Andy Reichsman was third for “Winter.” Beneth Goldschmidt-Sauer won first prize in poetry for “Dream” (for HFC, 1959-1977). There was a tie for second place between Lynn Valente for “The Wind,” and Melinda...
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