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.
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BRATTLEBORO-After eight intense meetings to draft a new budget, the Selectboard has voted to recommend a $24.97 million budget for fiscal year 2026 budget - a budget just 1.3% less than the one that Representative Town Meeting failed to pass in March. The Selectboard-recommended plan proposes a 10.8% increase in municipal taxes, but taxpayers can expect to see their bills increase by about 5.6% on the tax levy in fiscal year 2026 when the school district is factored in. If...
Pity the poor political parties. Their Movers and Shakers can only quiver, as their best-laid plans have gone awry. Their presidential electoral machines, well oiled by special interests, were supposed to give us the usual choice between two establishment ruling class representatives. This year's ticket was to be another Bush/Clinton affair. Perhaps it was their past track record of success, perhaps it is merely indicative of their cluelessness as to the present state of mind of the populace, or perhaps...
On Thursday, June 16, at 8 p.m., Yellow Barn welcomes alumni ensemble The Parker Quartet - Daniel Chong and Ying Xue, violins; Jessica Bodner, viola; and Kee-Hyun Kim, cello - back to Putney for a special preseason performance. The program includes Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet, Bartók's String Quartet No.1, and Schubert's String Quartet in G Major, D.887. The concert takes place at the “Big Barn” on 49 Main St. near the Putney Food Co-op.
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