MANCHESTER-The Vermont-based fly-fishing company Orvis is now facing pressures "at a pace that we haven't...
BRATTLEBORO-Representative Town Meeting members met in a special session on May 27 and approved a...
BRATTLEBORO-Great-great-grandmother Shirley Squires is also a great, great fundraiser. The 94-year-old Guilford resident arrived at...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is seeking $4 million in expense reductions and new revenue in the...
Tropical Storm Irene knocked out electricity from Readsboro to Wardsboro in August, but this December will reveal that the storm couldn't dim the valley's power. Irene's rains overloaded area rivers on Aug. 28, flooding the towns in their paths. The waters carried away trees, propane tanks, cars, roads, businesses, and homes. Images of muddy, rushing water swamping Dot's Restaurant in Wilmington flashed across YouTube. The UK's Daily Mail included coverage of the washout of Route 100 in Wardsboro and flood...
Kudos to the Brattleboro Fire Department. During the power outage I attempted to take my refrigerated insulin to the BMH Emergency Room to ask if they could keep it in their backup fridge. The Whetstone flooding blocked the roads so I stopped at the BFD on the chance they might help me. Lt. Dave Emery Jr. and his fellow firemen were rightfully uncertain about the protocol of storing my insulin. The firemen in the station were on alert and facing...
BELLOWS FALLS-Fingerstyle guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto will lead a comfortable, informal masterclass for players of all levels of ability and accomplishment on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m., at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., in advance of his 2 p.m. concert. Wisdom on scales, thumb placement, tunings, improvisation, and more will be presented "with kindness and patience and easy laughter by one of the best fingerstyle players in the world," say organizers. Tsukamoto will demonstrate fingerstyle techniques, including chords and...
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