BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
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BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
A suspect in the robbery of the People's United Bank on Main Street surrendered to law enforcement in the early hours of Dec. 27. According to a press release from the Vermont State Police, Matthew T. Martin, 31, of Weathersfield, surrendered without incident in Weathersfield. Martin was arrested on multiple warrants. He is alleged to have committed robberies in New Hampshire and Vermont. He is suspected in the Dec. 14 robbery of People's United Bank on Main Street in Brattleboro.
Solar isn't just for wealthy homeowners anymore. As a renter with a modest income, I can't install solar panels on my building, and don't have the money to make the up-front investment. So I'm planning to take out a low-interest loan through the new Windham County Solar Loan Program and use it to purchase shares in a community solar project. I estimate that by doing so, I will cut my electric bill by two-thirds and save more than $10,000 over...
Choreographer Victoria Marks and filmmaker Ann Kaneko said they believe dance can become a civic conversation that can participate in the life of the town. On Thursday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m at the Bellows Falls Opera House, Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) will be screening their work-in-progress documentary Action Conversations: Bellows Falls. The presentation is the culmination of a six-week Vermont Performance Lab residency led by Marks and Kaneko with teen and adult women from greater Bellows Falls. The event...
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