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...
Good day to you, hearty southern Vermonters! After our recent heat wave, we've got more seasonable summer conditions to look forward to as the next seven days arrive into and depart from our lives. While some isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible this weekend, we should generally experience fair weather for the next week. Unfortunately, we need more rainfall to help mitigate the moderate drought Windham County is experiencing, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Having said all that,
Brattleboro Selectboard member Tim Wessel's letter about a petition to end the municipal use of heating oil made some fair points about the current Selectboard's use of funds to replace the oil boiler in the Transportation Center and the development of a solar array on the Windham Solid Waste Management District landfill site. I absolutely appreciate those first steps towards a better, cleaner Brattleboro. As the person who started the petition, I want to share why I chose to participate...
Local writer Shanta Lee Gander is among the recipients of the 2020 Vermont Arts Awards recognizing outstanding individual and organizational contributions to the arts. Awards, presented by the Vermont Arts Council, honor educators, artists, performers, advocates, administrators, volunteers, and scholars and recognize Vermonters for their contributions in five categories. Gander will receive the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts. In its award announcement, the Arts Council called Gander “a multidisciplinary artist who transformed a challenging childhood into...
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