BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
Property taxes are going up. For Fiscal Year 2019, Brattleboro landowners will pay $1.2746 per $100 of assessed value for their municipal property tax. The Selectboard approved this rate at the July 3 regular meeting. Town Manager Peter B. Elwell noted this is 5.51 cents more than last year's rate. It's also more than the original budget called for. During the FY19 budget talks, Elwell and the Selectboard supported a 3.6-cent increase. Elwell explained the extra 1.91 cents. At March's...
I was recently the recipient of a random act of kindness, and I want to thank the stranger who helped me. I'd driven to the grocery store during my lunch break to pick up last-minute needs on a frantic Friday before leaving on vacation. It wasn't until the cashier rang up my items that I realized I'd left my wallet on my desk. I could picture it sitting next to my keyboard as I tried to figure out how I...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present a contemporary singer/songwriter twin bill with Antje Duvekot and Mark Erelli at Next Stage on Friday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 pm. “Antje and Mark have been central figures in the New England contemporary folk music scene for the last 20 years,” Twilight Music's Barry Stockwell said in a news release. “They've headlined so many memorable Twilight Music shows in that time that I jumped at the chance to bring them together for...
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