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.
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...
BRATTLEBORO-After years of big plans for the downtown riverfront without much follow through, local residents are seeing two big projects take shape along the Connecticut River. The bigger project - the new $61.2 million General John Stark Memorial Bridge that will link Hinsdale, New Hampshire to Brattleboro, is in the homestretch. If all goes well, the bridge will be open to vehicular traffic by the end of November. It will replace a pair of century-old steel truss bridges. The newer...
On our most recent walk, my wife and I passed by the house of one of our neighbors, whom we have known for about seven years. We have gotten to know them fairly well over the years, we have met their grown children, and we have had pleasant conversations and interactions. This time our walk was different. Outside their house was a MAGA flag. In all our years knowing them, there may have been a hint of their political leanings,
Saturday, Feb. 29, will mark the first time this millennium that February has contained five Saturdays. It will also be the night Epsilon Spires hosts a leap year celebration inspired by the syncing of the calendar year with the astronomical year. The event features three electronic music acts hailing from near and far - Starbirthed and Involution from New England, and La Création Mondiale from Le Havre, a city on the northern coast of France. Starbirthed is the project of...
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