BELLOWS FALLS — Thank you for writing such a complete piece about our town. Well done.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
On the weekend that the U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington, retired Vice Admiral Barry Costello said the U.S. military was dropping bombs on targets in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. “The United States is at war every day,” said Costello, who retired from the Navy in 2007, ending his 36-year naval career as commander of the Third Fleet and the 35,000 sailors who patrol the Persian...
My enthusiasm for Sara Coffey has been boosted by the Nancy Gassett campaign's weekly mailings of plastic-coated alarmist broadsides filled with distortions of Sara's good works and misinterpretations of responsible legislation. I'm surprised at how far these absurdities go - especially the pretend “liberal” broadside opposing Article 22 on the grounds that it would somehow enable “mostly straight, white teachers” to dictate the reproductive rights of “15-year-old” members of “the BIPOC community.” Based on this cynically disguised, divisive rhetoric, voters...
BRATTLEBORO-Imaginary creatures dreamed up by children are brought to three-dimensional life by professional glass artists in GLASSTASTIC, a biennial celebration of youthful creativity and artistic ingenuity at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). BMAC invites children in grades K–6 to submit drawings of imaginary creatures, a selection of which will be turned into sculptures by glass artists for the museum's exhibition, Glasstastic 2025. Glass artists from around New England pore over the submissions and choose the drawings that will...
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