BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for documenting Bill Guay's effect on us.
A memorial is being planned for Mon., Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 190 Main St., Brattleboro.
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...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
Townspeople gathered to give voice to an abundance of varied and deep concerns about the future plans of their town's college. On the morning of Nov. 23, a standing-room-only crowd packed the Community Center - a group comprised mostly of town residents, but also a handful of people from the college community - who wondered what will become of the Marlboro College campus on South Road. Earlier in the month, Marlboro College and Emerson College, based in Boston, announced the...
Thank you to Shanta Lee Gander for her interesting column regarding Lucy Terry Prince. There does seem to be a some confusion, however, regarding the history behind Prince's poem “Bars Fight.” Ms. Gander states that Prince was a “bearer of witness” of the “famed Deerfield Massacre.” The Deerfield Massacre occurred in 1704 when French and Native American forces assaulted the settlement of Deerfield, Mass., killing 47 villagers and taking 112 as captives. Lucy Prince was born around 1730. The Bars...
Green Mountain Camp (GMC) is kicking off “Harness the Sun,” a campaign to purchase solar panels, with an outdoor music event on Sunday, May 15, rain or shine. The “Harness the Sun” campaign is committed to making GMC a green(er) mountain camp by purchasing 51 solar panels in a local solar array to cover 75 percent of the camp's annual electric needs. This is part of the ongoing efforts at Green Mountain Camp to lower its carbon and chemical input...
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