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.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, and Mollie Burke represent Brattleboro in the Vermont House of Representatives.
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
Residents, teachers, and students turned out in recent weeks to persuade the Bellows Falls Union High School and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (WNESU) boards to reinstate Principal John Broadley, who in a letter last month announced that he will not seek to renew his contract. The larger-than-normal turnouts at the board meetings on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 saw parents express concern about interruptions and continuity for their children as Broadley joins a number of employees leaving the district since...
Elayne Clift's recent revelations about women charged with homicide for fetal deaths, whether intentional or unavoidable, spiked my longstanding outrage at efforts to block women's sovereignty over their pregnancies. I share her interpretation that such punitive measures are acts of political dominance over women by men, as well as by women who have aligned themselves with that posture. Championing the “right to life” of the unborn might gain some legitimacy in my eyes if it included supporting the rights of...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present roots music trio Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, plus singer-songwriter Emily Margaret, on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Cortese is a songwriter, vocalist, and fiddler who blends American roots music with indie, electronic grooves, and pop vocals - all the while appealing to a broad audience from millennials to seasoned folkies. Along with Cortese, Valerie Thompson and Isa Burke feature a hybrid of traditions and influences, full of interplays of string...
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