BRATTLEBORO-Selectboard members have asked Town Manager John Potter and his staff to go back to...
BRATTLEBORO-Come New Year's Day, the town will have a new trash contract. Following a lengthy...
BRATTLEBORO-"It's not about ordinance or no ordinance," said Mel Motel, co-director of Restorative Justice Programs...
WESTMINSTER-There was good news for Bellows Falls Union High School last week: Several major projects...
In the sometimes-acrimonious debate over the future of Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, there are no easy solutions. So when state Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe visited the union's Act 46 Study Committee on March 17, she faced pointed questions about consolidation, finances, school choice, and school closures. The most-succinct inquiry might have come from Dummerston resident Ruth Barton. “What happens if this thing don't work? You got an answer for that, young lady?” Holcombe declined to offer a specific roadmap for...
Since late 2012, five hydroelectric facilities in the heart of the Connecticut River have been in the process of renewing their operating licenses, which are issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Wilder, Bellows Falls, and Vernon dams in Vermont and New Hampshire, and the Northfield Mountain Pump Station and Turners Falls Dam in Massachusetts, impact more than 175 miles of the Connecticut River. Later this summer, members of the public will have what may be their last...
The Great White Way comes to Main Street Arts on Thursday, Jan. 10, when Broadway singer Cass Morgan shares her experiences of more than 30 years in the theater. The third of four “Taste of the Arts, Tales from a Community” events, the evening begins with supper before Morgan relates her adventures playing feature roles in eight Broadway musicals and many off-Broadway productions. Now beginning its 25th year, Main Street Arts is a non-profit community arts center dedicated to serving...
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