BRATTLEBORO-Comedian Paula Poundstone, known for her "smart, observational humor and spontaneous wit," according to her...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The 60-voice River Singers Community Chorus will perform an eclectic concert of world music...
BRATTLEBORO-More than 90 poems from 47 poets are up in shop and restaurant windows downtown...
BRATTLEBORO-The BUHS Players announce their upcoming spring play, Clue: High School Edition, based on the...
The Brattleboro Retreat laid off 85 workers on Oct. 23 as part of a decision to cut five outpatient programs. The Retreat cut $8 million from the annual budget in order to move the state's largest mental health facility toward financial sustainability, according to a letter to staff from CEO Louis Josephson. At the end of the year, the private psychiatric facility will close five programs: a Hub program that provides medication assisted therapy for opioid addiction, an outpatient addiction...
WESTMINSTER-As we approach the general election, I encourage voters in District 3 (Westminster, Brookline, and Rockingham) to take a close look at the legislative accomplishments of Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun and Rep. Leslie Goldman. Michelle Bos-Lun has served in the House for two terms (four years) and is running again this election cycle to hold her seat. She has worked tirelessly to help solve many of the pressing issues facing our towns, county, and state. She has been a stalwart supporter...
A group of artists and craftspeople from the West Brattleboro and Marlboro area will open their studios en masse this weekend. Douglas Cox of Sunset Lake Road, who makes violins, violas and cellos used worldwide by professional and traditional musicians of all genres, has coordinated a tour of 18 studios within a six-mile radius for the second annual Brattleboro-West Arts Open Studio Tour. “The weekend features some work that responds directly to the Vermont countryside, like landscape paintings, figured stoneware,
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