We inadvertently omitted a name on “Police should be taking hate speech seriously,” a letter that appeared in the July 18 issue. The letter should have been signed by both Arlene Distler and Steve Minkin.
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,
A federal agency voted on Aug. 1 in favor of allowing cable companies to include the value of services and equipment that they have previously provided at no cost to states and municipalities for use of public property. This vote changes a decades-old rule, permitting the telecommunications companies to deduct the value of that equipment and those services from the fees that have long gone in full to local-access public, educational, and government (PEG) cable stations like Brattleboro Community Television...
This Saturday at Annual Representative Town Meeting (ARTM), town reps will have a chance to take a simple step to make our town government more inclusive and accessible. Will we take that opportunity? The Selectboard is a powerful body that makes important decisions which impact everyone who lives, works, uses resources, and travels in Brattleboro; however, the job itself is accessible only to a minority of the population. Selectboard members make either $3,000 or $5,000 per year for a sizable...
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.” Hear this as the seminal line in Winged Productions' original contemporary mystery play, Michael, Sept. 30 though Oct. 2 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Brattleboro. Winged Productions is the creation of Paul and Susan Dedell. The former has written several scores for Sandglass Theater works, including D-Generation and Conference of the Birds. In addition, he's composed several large choral works, Come Life, Shaker Life and Songs of...
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