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It's nice to see the attention paid to the students and the respect to the teacher. We need more of this! Go Bernie!
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
GUILFORD-A term often used regarding a military action is "collateral damage." This term masks the...
Barry Stockwell remembers his father, Raymond Stockwell, returning from work in the Putney Paper Mill in the 1960s. Each day, Raymond, a supervisor in charge of maintenance, would "grab a little whisk broom he kept on the top of the refrigerator and whisk the paper off the top of his hat. Then he'd sit down in a kitchen chair to unwind and tell us about his day," he reminisced. Until its current owner, Soundview Vermont, closed the paper mill at...
This column is astoundingly refreshing, hopeful, and perceptive. Yes, we are worried - not just Democrats, but all those left-thinking persons who had the slightest hopes for change and serious, enlightened social, economic, and environmental policies. I am highly encouraged to learn there are ideas out there, and highly anxious that these ideas will find stalwart, intelligent, and determined citizens unafraid to march forward with them. Indeed, where is the new policy platform? Where are those with alternatives to the...
The Vermont Theatre Company announced the casting of its spring production, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. With music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin, the play is an adult musical that centers on the fictional Putnam County Spelling Bee. Six quirky adolescents compete in the bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. In an unusual twist, according to a news release, several real audience members will be invited to the stage at each performance...
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