BRATTLEBORO — I agree the wording on the ballot seemed biased.
The issue is the amendments were poor options for the most part, regardless of how they were presented.
BRATTLEBORO-I want to express my support for those of my neighbors, the children at my...
BRATTLEBORO-It's good to see the American flag flying at half-staff again after the exoneration of...
BRATTLEBORO-The incoming president has now signed pardons for the violent treasonous folks who stormed the...
Lisa Chase is retired and lives in Putney, where she is a member of the...
The pre-Town Meeting Informational Meeting started on a positive note. Many new residents had joined the ranks of Representative Town Meeting Members last week, with only a handful of seats left vacant. Members gathered at Academy School on March 15 to hear the Selectboard's budget overview in preparation for annual Representative Town Meeting. The theme for the fiscal year 2018 budget: reinvestment in town infrastructure. “One of the real traits of this year's budget is a renewed commitment to capital...
I have been a bad sleeper my entire life. I can never remember a time when I did not sometimes have to toss and turn and use all the mental tricks in my bag to drift off: Counting to 100, forward, then backward. Reading boring books in bed. Focusing on breathing. As I grew up and meditation became a thing, I learned some techniques for personal body relaxation: Going to bed at the same time every night in a cool...
BRATTLEBORO-New audio recordings created by multimedia artist Shanta Lee will enhance the visitor experience at selected sites on the Vermont African American Heritage Trail. These recordings resulted from a collaboration between the Brattleboro Words Trail and the Vermont African American Heritage Trail and will be shared on both sites. They can be accessed all together at bit.ly/772-VAAHT. The recordings invite visitors to explore: the back stories of the Turner Family at Journey's End in Grafton; the 54th Regiment sculpture of...
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