RE: “Written in stone” [Editorial, May 30]:
I served with Bill Bassignani in Vietnam. Thank you for reminding people of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women in uniform, especially those in combat zones.
ROCKINGHAM-I am concerned and dismayed over the recent decision by the management of North Star...
BRATTLEBORO-Denise Gebroe is correct that the issues motivating the No Surveillance in Health Care campaign...
Marvin Resnikoff is an international consultant on radioactive waste issues. A nuclear physicist and a...
LEYDEN, MASS.-In response to Holland Mills' recent letter, it's essential to address significant omissions and...
Mesabi LLC, the investors behind rebuilding the Brooks House, checked two more boxes toward that project at the May 7 Selectboard meeting. The board approved the terms for Mesabi's loan with the town through the town's Community Development Block Grant Program Income Fund. The $100,000 loan will be for 10 years at 3 percent interest. “We are scrambling to have it all come together,” said Bob Stevens, one of Mesabi's five principals, of funding the multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project. A five-alarm...
I urge Vermont senators not to accept the proposed amendment to S.216, which would restrict the ability of medical marijuana patients - who now may grow two mature plants and up to seven immature plants - to the right to grow only two mature plants and four immature plants. The bill would also pare down the ability of medical marijuana patients to possess 2 ounces to 1 ounce. My husband is a medical marijuana patient. He suffers from two distinct...
Sarasa Ensemble presents "Anónimo from Amazonia: Bolivian Mission Baroque," Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC). Organizers bill it as "a sunny program of secular and sacred Baroque music from the Missions of Bolivia, with an undeniable impulse from the folk element of its indigenous people." Featured performers are Carley DeFranco, soprano; Jesse Irons, Rebecca Nelson, violins; Jennifer Morsches, cello; William Simms, Baroque guitar/theorbo; and John McKean, organ. The Sarasa Ensemble is a collective group...
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