BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
State and local officials are scrambling to help the 91 employees of Vermont Bread Company who suddenly lost their jobs when its owner, Burlington's Koffee Kup Bakery, shut down operations on April 26. In the aftermath of the closing, one former employee, Matthew Chaney of Brattleboro, is the first plaintiff in a class action suit that alleges the abrupt shutdown was a violation of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. The closure came after a majority of...
I enthusiastically endorse Chip Carter in his bid for a three-year term on the Guilford Selectboard. Chip moved to Green River in Guilford eight years ago and was immediately introduced to our strong culture of volunteerism by Addie Minott. She recruited him to serve on the Green River Village Preservation Trust and eventually he chaired the board very ably. He also volunteers for Guilford Cares. Chip and his wife, Laurie, both grew up in New England and were excited to...
When is a bench not merely something you sit on? When is a musical instrument not something you merely listen to? When is a park not merely a space you play in? Such weighty metaphysical questions can be answered in the dream of Gary Jones and Erik Newquist to put the installation of their “Steel, Wood, Melody” musical bench seats into Brattleboro's parks and public spaces. If a musical bench seems hard to wrap your mind around, that might be...
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