BRATTLEBORO — I have come to view Donald Trump simply as “The Abscess.”
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
The Selectboard has decided to pause a proposed ordinance to limit the amount of money landlords may require in advance from new tenants. At least for now, the proposal, which had reached the first-reading stage of the public process designed to codify town ordinances, will not have its second reading. Discussion at the Oct. 20 board meeting quickly highlighted that the proposal in its current form could create negative consequences not only for landlords but also for the very tenants...
I am sitting on my back porch in the 95-plus degree weather, having just read headlines stating that Spain has put a restriction on air conditioning, and I feel like I am seeing a near future where heat becomes inescapable and more deadly. And I imagine hearing people say, “Why didn't anyone tell us? Why didn't anyone do anything to stop this?” A huge portion of our emissions - 27 percent nationwide, up to 40 percent in Massachusetts and Vermont...
Jessamyn Fiore, president of Epsilon Spires, the arts and entertainment organization at 190 Main St., recently announced that five new members have joined its board of directors. Nick Brooke, a musician, is a professor at Bennington College whose work has been performed across the United States and in Europe and featured at the Lincoln Center Festival, the Ecstatic Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival USA, and the MATA Series. He has received awards and residencies from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American...
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