BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.
The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
The Windham County NAACP recognized seven local racial justice leaders Saturday when a capacity crowd gathered for the group's first annual Freedom Fund Dinner. More than 200 people filled the town's American Legion as the organization presented lifetime achievement awards to educator and activist Mary Gannon, Keene State College head of diversity and equity Dottie Morris, Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity executive director Curtiss Reed Jr., and Guilford Community Church Pastor Lise Sparrow. The group presented a Courage and...
On Jan. 2, my first day of work as energy and facilities manager for the small city of Lebanon, N.H. (pronounced “Leb'-nin” by locals), my car died at the base of Mount Ascutney. I assumed at the time that it was remnant biodiesel in the engine clogging the fuel filter, but shops and parts stores from Springfield to Claremont assured me that diesel vehicles all over were sputtering in the minus-20-degree Fahrenheit weather. I eventually popped in a new filter...
Featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald and other greats, the first Big Band Brunch will be held Sunday, June 30, at the Moose Lodge, 59 Westminster St. The event begins at 11:30 a.m., with brunch served in the hall until 1 p.m., followed by dancing and live on-stage performances with regional vocalists and 2019 Keene Idol finalists Zac Binney and Allie McGahie from 1 to 3 p.m. The full-course brunch menu includes quiche, fruit and cheese...
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