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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...
Incumbency still meant something to Brattleboro voters this year, as they returned the current Selectboard and Brattleboro Union High School Board members to new terms in the March 6 town election. According to the unofficial results, Town Clerk Hilary Francis said incumbent Selectboard member Brandie Starr, running unopposed for a three-year term on the board, garnered the most votes of any candidate on the ballot with 1,004 votes. Francis said 1,186 voters turned out for the election, a “low-to-low-average turnout,”
On the March 2 ballot, Brattleboro voters will decide whether the Town Charter should be amended to allow a greater degree of self-governance to be exercised by the people of Brattleboro. Specifically, if approved by Brattleboro voters and then by the state Legislature, this article would allow future charter changes to be made by Brattleboro voters (and affirmed by the Brattleboro Selectboard) without having to obtain the Legislature's approval, as long as the provisions being adopted already exist in at...
Spring will be welcomed in Williamsville this year with the annual Newfane-Williamsville Talent Show on Saturday, April 1, at 7 p.m., in Williamsville Hall on Dover Road. A decades-old tradition in the small village off Route 30, a dozen miles northwest of Brattleboro, the show features an array of area performers. Among the acts this year, according to a news release, will be Timson Hill School pre-schoolers; Bruce Rosow on classical guitar and David Roberts and Rob Hamm, vocalists, with...
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