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...
The $1.93 million village budget, as presented, maintains the current staffing for the Bellows Falls Fire Department, which includes five full-time career positions, and approximately 18 paid, on-call career firefighters. Should the voters at the business portion of the Annual Village Meeting on Monday, May 18, decide to go with a figure from a preliminary $1.6 million budget - which eliminates all but one of the full-time, and all the part-time career firefighters, as well as $321,775 worth of wages...
Over the last four years, I have seen how our state representative, Sara Coffey, has been an outspoken advocate for the taxpayers of Vernon. As a school board member, I have seen her tirelessly work to keep the board in the loop of what was going on in Montpelier and to ensure that our interests are well met. In my opinion, Sara has been continually attentive to the needs of families at Vernon Elementary School. She is always there when...
Four years ago, Shir HeHarim - which means “Song of the Mountains” and is the name of the synagogue of the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community - was looking for a fundraiser. First they hit on the idea of showing Jewish films. Then they expanded the concept to Israeli films - films that are not necessarily written or directed by people who are Jewish. Then they added food, and a festival was born. “Being a Jewish organization, food is very important,”
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