BRATTLEBORO-The public is invited to a special informational meeting hosted by the Windham Southeast School...
BRATTLEBORO-Ashlyn and Abraham McClurg of Rebop Farm on Sunset Lake Road are reeling but resilient,
BRATTLEBORO-The Annual Town Election takes place for all town voters on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday,
BRATTLEBORO-Upon the advent of the airplane at the turn of the 20th century, locals with...
In Vermont, Town Meeting is the occasion where the audience becomes legislators. However, the tradition of people exercising their responsibilities as local lawmakers looks different this year due to the necessary public health measures that towns are taking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of in-person gatherings, approximately three-quarters of Vermont's towns have opted to conduct business on Tuesday, March 2, using Australian ballots, a temporary measure enacted into law in response to the pandemic. In Windham County, only...
On Oct. 25, I stood with nurses, doctors, fellow legislators, and advocates for those who lack housing at a press conference at the Vermont State House calling on Gov. Phil Scott to do more to protect Vermonters against the rapidly rising rate of COVID-19. The state of emergency has been lifted, but we are still facing a public health crisis. Last week, we had the highest single-day case rate of COVID-19 in Vermont: 591 cases. In a single day! Our...
On Sunday, June 9, at 3 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, vocalist Peter Shea will present a free concert based on a cycle of satirical and romantic ballads published in 1844 by the great German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. Shea, a frequent soloist in the Brattleboro area as both tenor and baritone since 1993, will be joined by soprano Junko Watanabe and pianist Susan Dedell, both members of the faculty at the Brattleboro Music Center, as...
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