BRATTLEBORO — Integrity is a rare word these days. Susan Keese had it!
ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's...
BRATTLEBORO-Australian (secret) ballot is the only way all the registered voters of Brattleboro get to...
Tristan Roberts (tristan@tristanroberts.org) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
Daniel Quipp served on the Brattleboro Selectboard from 2019 to 2025. BRATTLEBORO-In the last month...
Carol Levin and her late husband Richard Gottlieb - solar energy activists and co-founders of Sunnyside Solar - are among the 25 renewable-energy innovators honored in an exhibit at the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. “Portraits in Action,” the press release says, “is a multimedia exhibit that brings together pioneers in renewable energy, environmental conservation, and land-use planning and invites them to speak to the issues at hand. “For over a decade, the Vermont Folklife Center has been exploring the...
Cindi Krug works downtown at her family's store, Twice Upon a Time. "I wrote this a while ago but was nervous to [say] it aloud... now I think it's time," she writes. "I speak for myself and no one else." BRATTLEBORO-I write this with a very heavy heart. In one night, we found a stash of needles. The day before, I took a video of the trash and litter strewn around our private property, and that pile was not there.
“Sharon & Daniel” will perform in the Tavern at the Four Columns Inn on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. With playful harmonies, acoustic guitars, percussion, and upright bass, Sharon Leslie and Daniel Kasnitz perform acoustic versions of popular hits with a funky, jazzy twist. From classic standards to captivatingly re-worked Top 40 to seasonal favorites, the duo explores experiences of joy, love, fun, and community as expressed through popular song. “We present songs that draw us together...
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