WEST DUMMERSTON — Seeing the picture of Byron and Lee Stookey reminded of the years of effort this couple has given to the community, and I say “hats off” to both of them.
Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
BRATTLEBORO-In a marathon 10-hour session (not counting lunch and a few short breaks), Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members sent a proposed $24.7 million budget back to the drawing board in a vote of 76–57. That budget included about $19 million in property taxes and was expected to cause tax bills to rise by about $320 annually for those with median household incomes. More than 130 members started the meeting on Saturday, March 22, many newly elected. So did three new...
BRATTLEBORO-I want to walk down the street again and not be perceived and solicited. This is Brattleboro, for God's sake, not the inner hood. This was not the first evening I've walked alone, without my husband, in downtown Brattleboro that I've not only been solicited as a prostitute but also harassed when I respond, "No, I do not want a ride." People may say that how I dress means I want the attention. But shouldn't a woman have the right...
For the month of April, Centre Congregational Church, at 193 Main St., is displaying The Putney School's Tempestry Project. This is the beginning of their 88 Tempestry Project, as 14 tempestries (a combination of words temperature and tapestry) have been completed thus far. These beautifully colorful temperature gauges demonstrate each year's temperature in a knitted or crocheted piece of art. “The Tempestry Project is personal and collaborative fiber art, environmental education, and climate activism through data representation all rolled into...
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