BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to art and culture, and I'm proud to be a small part of that.
ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's...
BRATTLEBORO-Australian (secret) ballot is the only way all the registered voters of Brattleboro get to...
Tristan Roberts (tristan@tristanroberts.org) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
Daniel Quipp served on the Brattleboro Selectboard from 2019 to 2025. BRATTLEBORO-In the last month...
VT Dinners, the locally-sourced prepared-food company, recently changed its distribution model. The company's line of ready-to-heat, vegetarian meals is now available in stores. VT Dinners, produced in the Winston Prouty School's community kitchen, uses fresh Vermont vegetables and dairy products from Harlow Farm, Old Athens Farm, Thomas Dairy, Grafton Village Cheese Company, and Maple Brook Creamery, processing them into frozen meals. The name is a rearranging of “TV dinners,” co-founder Nathaniel Brooks said. Although VT Dinners started with the CSA...
Having recently read Ron Chernow's book Grant, I learned in detail about the life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and about the Civil War itself. The South struggled with a shortage of career military leaders. To fill the gap, they turned to using civilians. One could get a position and title if one was politically connected. It helped to be an industrial leader or the owner of a large amount of land - which also meant that one owned slaves.
Rock Against Racism VT - a group of artists and musicians working together to fight discrimination and promote diversity in southern Vermont - will hold its first live event on Sunday, April 18, at 4 p.m. Join the group's members at the Third Eye Collective in Brattleboro for music by Portland, Maine–based Eniam, speakers, and art demonstrations. The event takes place in the lot next to 80 Flat St. (the C.F. Church building). Organizers describe it as “an opportunity to...
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