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BRATTLEBORO-I was full of Christmas cheer as I took a trolley from Cambridge to Boston...
BRATTLEBORO-She was in the room where it happened. She was in the room where, on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was once again inaugurated as president of the United States. In the room where, four years ago, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection happened. When rioters spread feces on the walls and where one man gouged out the eye of a police officer. And she was there not because she had to be, but because she wanted to be. Hometown...
The writer is a former WSESD board member and current member of the Dummerston Selectboard. DUMMERSTON-Regarding the recent opinion piece by Kurt Daims and his take on the Dummerston School flag debacle, numerous errors need to be addressed. These are errors of logic and basic fact. First, Mr. Daims confuses (with an implied shrug of "so what?") the display of political candidate advertisements on a public school with a civics lesson. The decision by the Dummerston School to hang political...
PUTNEY-The Bandwagon Summer Series presents an unforgettable evening with Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez on Saturday, June 21, at the Putney Inn Field. Known as "The Beehive Queen" for her signature platinum-blonde bouffant and electrifying stage presence, Ohlman brings her powerhouse vocals and legendary band to southern Vermont for a night of Americana soul and rock 'n' roll under the summer sky. Ohlman, the vocalist for NBC's Saturday Night Live Band, most recently appeared on the SNL 50th Anniversary telecast...
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