WEST BRATTLEBORO — Beautifully written! It's easy to lose sight of the ones we do help when we focus our hearts on the ones we can't.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
After 19 months of complex, contentious school-merger talks in Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, two top state education officials visited Brattleboro on June 21 to help sort things out. Donna Russo-Savage, principal assistant to the state education secretary, and Brad James, Vermont's education finance manager, answered questions and walked local officials through the intricacies of Act 46 and its recent update, Act 49. But they wouldn't offer any guarantees or a clear direction for the supervisory union's educational future. “I'm not...
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a meeting about Community Conscious Policing (created by Brandon Lee at Training4Transformation). It was extremely eye-opening and a breath of fresh air. The 20 people there from all walks of life included correctional officers, Families First employees, racial justice activists, politicians, victims of police brutality, Brattleboro Police Department officers, Windham County Sheriffs, etc. You get the idea. I had no idea how this was going to go. I was pleasantly surprised. People shared...
On Sunday, Dec. 17, TubaChristmas brings together local players of valved low brass instruments, including the tuba and euphonium (also known as a baritone horn), to rehearse and perform Christmas carols specially arranged in four parts. The public is invited to a culminating concert and sing-along in the church sanctuary of the First Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave. at 3 p.m. TubaChristmas events take place in over 300 cities throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Retired Brattleboro...
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