Congratulations, Robbs!
You are some of the hardest working people I know, and you deserve every maple product sale you get from this opportunity and others!
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...
Good day to you! The past week has been stormy indeed, with plenty of rainfall to the southern Vermont region, and wind as well. It certainly has been dynamic in the weather department, recently, but our atmospheric drama is going to smooth itself out for a spell. Generally speaking, we have to deal with a couple of pairs of frontal passages on Thursday and Friday, and then again on Sunday and Monday. These will bring scattered showers, a little bit...
In these early days of 2023, we have been introduced to the concept of “embellishment” as a synonym for lying. I believe it is a new interpretation of the word, as I cannot find it in my Roget’s Thesaurus. A certain Congressperson claims not to have lied on his resume but merely to have embellished it. If you have two good knees, how is claiming to have two knee replacements an embellishment? Is a claim to have relatives who survived...
The Artful Ice Shanties exhibit returns for the fourth year, presented by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Retreat Farm. Nearly a dozen ice shanties - portable sheds that provide shelter for people who are ice fishing - will be set up at the Retreat Farm courtyard from Saturday, Feb. 17 to Sunday, Feb. 25. According to publicity materials, the competition was launched in 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic drove people to engage in more outdoor activities. Artful Ice...
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