BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
With comments addressing issues of zoning changes and economic development issues, members of the public had their chance at Monday's Planning Commission meeting to comment on the town plan in progress - “an entirely new plan” that will replace the town's 2008 document, according to a Planning Commission report. The Town Plan serves as a guide to boards and commissions, like the Selectboard or Development Review Board, when reviewing development proposals on the proposed 2012 town plan. Brattleboro's current town...
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch tries to talk a good game about serving the people. But his performative puffery, like bragging about not taking PAC contributions while still raking it in from trade associations that are nothing but PACs with another name, shows that he is as at the heart of the problem that the U.S. Congress has become. Welch is very popular in Vermont. His Republican opponent faces an extreme uphill battle to get traction in the race, and any...
Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron will perform music for social change, with Namaya Art Rat for Peace opening, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m., at Blue Heron Pond Studio, 773 Guilford St. Neilson is a storyteller who “weaves an autobiographical sketch of satire and social commentary from his dairy farm roots to the Vietnam War, civil rights, liberation struggles in Central America and East Africa, border crossings, pipelines, guns, breastfeeding, parenting, sexuality, reproduction, humanism, lost loves, and more,” according...
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