DUMMERSTON — Many thanks to Ian Diamondstone and The Commons for the fine article on Mrs. Dalem and Dalem's Chalet. Very well done!
ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's...
BRATTLEBORO-Australian (secret) ballot is the only way all the registered voters of Brattleboro get to...
Tristan Roberts (tristan@tristanroberts.org) is a former state representative, a small-scale farmer, and a writer who...
Daniel Quipp served on the Brattleboro Selectboard from 2019 to 2025. BRATTLEBORO-In the last month...
For Stephen Rice, moments of joy come in “the countless moments in rehearsals when a piece of music we've been working onstarts sounding really good and everyone feels that powerful feeling of connection - that something truly special, unique, and memorable is happening.” Or they might come “in lessons when a student has been struggling with a skill or concept, and then there's the moment when it clicks and you can see the sense of understanding and accomplishment.” Next Thursday,
As one drives south on Canal Street, rounds the corner, and enters Guilford, perhaps it's easy to take for granted the change from the commercial development in Brattleboro to the pastoral scene in Algiers Village, but if it weren't for the extraordinary efforts of a group of our residents more than 20 years ago, it could be a very different scene. In 2002, when the 24-acre piece of land at the entrance of Guilford on Route 5 - the gateway...
BRATTLEBORO-The Estey Organ Museum opens for the season, at 108 Birge St. Saturday, May 3. "Exquisitely crafted instruments, made in Brattleboro. That's what you can see, hear, and even play when you visit," organizers wrote in a news release. Board members the Rev. Craig L. Cowing and Allen Myers will be restoring Estey's 100,000th organ, made in 1881; visitors will be able to see the organ as work progresses. Also, thanks to Board President George Wiese, they have a new...
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