RE: “Having his back” [News, March 13]:
An amazing write up about amazing people. Keep it coming!
Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
The body of a 59-year-old Townshend woman missing since Sept. 6 has been found. Vermont State Police said a hiker found the remains of Helen Holmes in Winhall on Oct. 9, and her identity was confirmed after an autopsy by the office of the chief medical examiner the following day. According to state police, based on the evidence collected and previous investigative information, detectives do not suspect foul play. The case is still under investigation pending the official cause and...
Vermont's existing education funding formula, Act 60, also known as the Equal Educational Opportunity Act, was signed into law in June of 1997. The Legislature drafted the law in response to a Vermont Supreme Court decision that said the state's existing educational funding system was unconstitutional. The court, in Brigham v. State of Vermont, concluded that the state must provide “substantially equal access” to education for all Vermont students, regardless of where they reside. In 2018, the Vermont House and...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present an online talk by artist B. Lynch on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. Register at brattleboromuseum.org. Lynch will discuss her BMAC exhibit “Pull Back the Curtain,” a multimedia installation that examines the effect of income disparity on society. Viewers of the installation are introduced to a science fiction universe in which “the Reds,” well-dressed, wealthy 18th-century characters, amuse themselves, while “the Greys,” ambiguous figures who might be refugees...
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