BRATTLEBORO — Integrity is a rare word these days. Susan Keese had it!
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
Town Manager Peter Elwell has recommended the Selectboard postpone its decision on the Windham Solid Waste Management District's (WSWMD) fiscal year 2017 budget until its Dec. 15 meeting. Elwell's recommendation, outlined in a Dec. 4 memo to the board, came after discussions among the board, town staff, and members of the WSWMD about the programs the district offers its 19-member towns. WSWMD operates under a legal structure similar to a municipality. The 19-member towns each pay an assessment to the...
When six Republicans met in South Carolina recently to discuss combating poverty, their focus was predictable. Marco Rubio talked about broken families, dangerous neighborhoods, substandard housing, failing schools, and drug dealers, all while rejecting the idea of raising the federal minimum wage. He argued that welfare should be turned over to states, especially those that have recipient work requirements. Jeb Bush, who agrees with Rubio on states taking over welfare, blathered about giving Americans the “right to rise.” Ben Carson...
Leading up to Older Americans Month in May, Senior Solutions and the Brattleboro Senior Center are teaming up to show the award-winning documentary film Age of Champions on Wednesday, April 15, at 1:30 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre. Age of Champions is the story of five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National Senior Olympics. You'll meet an 100-year-old tennis champion, an 86-year-old pole vaulter, and rough-and-tumble basketball grandmothers as they triumph over the limitations of...
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