BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
BRATTLEBORO — Visit our slide show of photos from the 2013 Strolling of the Heifers parade, which took place June 8.
A Trump administration order on Jan. 27 halting funding that supports recent arrivals has left...
BRATTLEBORO-After the most recent contract negotiation with current Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) Superintendent Mark...
BRATTLEBORO-After hearing from each of three candidates who stepped up to take the seat left...
BRATTLEBORO-With night temperatures dipping below freezing and an estimated 80 unsheltered people in the area,
Josh Davis answered questions as he prepared for a 9 a.m. meeting - a meeting that was many years, and multiple site visits, in the making. There, on Jan. 28, Groundworks Collaborative closed on 54 South Main St. as the site for its new facility, which will be capable of housing client programs, a food shelf, a day shelter, and the Seasonal Overflow Shelter (SOS), said Davis, the organization's executive director. “We're excited,” Davis said about the $3.2 million project,
In the Feb. 13 issue of The Commons, John Allen states that the Selectboard “shouldn't be political” and claims to represent the “working poor” while clearly not being part of that demographic. He claims that this “base” is being lost. At the same time, he brings up the talking points of the GOP for the past year, “wondering” if people come to Brattleboro due to the state's social welfare system and “looks on” the issue of why so many qualify...
Young Shakespeare Players (YSP) East-New England (as the satellite is named) presents “Macbeth” on Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St. Showtimes are 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and admission is free. Here tackling “Macbeth,” which contains some of the most exquisite language in Shakespeare's canon and is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies, are two casts of actors aged 7 to 18. There are two Macbeths (one per cast):
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