Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
Cooking pans and trays clatter in the kitchen. An oven timer bleats loud and insistent. In the dining area of American Legion Post 5, Chef Tristan Toleno, 40, listens, ready to jump into the pre-lunch fray. Toleno, who owned and operated the former Riverview Cafe, recently announced his bid for the Windham 3-3 seat to be vacated next January by long-time state Rep. Sarah Edwards, P/D-Brattleboro. In making this decision, he entered a fray of another sort. So far, he...
Purim is one of the most joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar, celebrating a time when the Jewish people living in Persia survived a plot to exterminate them. The holiday, observed every year on the 14th day of the 12th month (Adar) on the Jewish calendar, is a day of feasting and fun. The Purim story, read from in the scroll of Esther (the Megilah), tells of Persia under the rule of King Ahaseurus in about 400 BCE. When Ahaseurus...
The Recreation and Parks Department, as part of the Arts in the Parks Program, presents the Butterfly Swing Band on the Common on Putney Road, on Tuesday, July 7, at 7 p.m. This is the second concert of the Summer Arts in the Park series for 2015. Trumpet player and singer Scott Sizer describes Butterfly Swing as follows: “We're a swing band, specializing in tunes from swing era, with a bit of blues and bebop added. However, we're definitely not...
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