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.
Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
For some local elders, the isolation of rural living can be scary. For those with far-away adult children, busy relatives, or no family, who will provide rides to the doctor and arrange for home care? Who will bring in the groceries? Who will stave off loneliness? In 2006, two local nurses, Susan and Richard Davis, founded Guilford Cares to help serve those needs. Its mission: “to provide free assistance to vulnerable community members to improve the quality and independence of...
I am saddened and frustrated by what is happening in Putney. It certainly never has been an ideal community, but I have always felt, as both a resident and a past Selectboard member, that despite differences there was a level of respect and neighborliness. But that seems to have changed. There are rumors and accusations that people are terrorists, that they are connected to organized crime, that the housing projects are simply money laundering schemes, that “those people” will bring...
The annual meeting of the Friends' of the Rockingham Library will review 2019's accomplishments and gear up to help fund another year of library programs and activities on Monday, March 9, at 5:30 p.m., at the Rockingham Free Public Library. The public is invited to attend. Last year, the organization raised over $7,000 while hosting events such as the May Plant Sale, Debbi Wetzel's Painting Class, an Across the Universe music concert, and their December Holiday Party and Fundraiser Funds...
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