Congratulations, Starr LaTronica! Brooks Memorial Library is very lucky.
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
For 175 years, Brattleboro has enjoyed a love affair with books. “Since 1842, Brattleboro readers have been privileged to borrow books,” begins the 1965 prospectus for a new, modern, $560,000 library building on Main Street that would open on Sept. 23, 1967. It's your 50th birthday, Brooks Memorial Library building! In celebration, the Trustees of Brooks Memorial Library, the staff, and the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library are throwing a big party for the public on Sept. 23 - the...
State Representative Mollie Burke stopped by my house today with her re-election pamphlet. I greeted her with pajamas, bedhead, and my newly acquired Barry White voice. “Oh. Hey, Mollie. I sure do wish I could invite you in, girl. But [bass riff] I've got a cold.” She smiled, opted to wave through the glass, and then helped my daughter Scarlett remove a spider from her bike handlebars before promising to come back to chat when I was feeling better. Mollie...
The Oscar-nominated film Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, will be shown in the main theater of the Latchis on Sunday, June 16, at 4 p.m., in honor of Wild's author Cheryl Strayed visiting Brattleboro later in June. Watch Strayed's adventure unfold on a big screen along the striking Pacific Crest Trail before seeing her live at the Latchis on June 25. Suggested admission for the film is $10. At 26, grieving the death of her mother, Strayed hiked more than a...
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