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...
Hungry for a holiday from cooking breakfast this Christmas? Jadi Flynn and Megan Walker are hoping to help out some people. Make that 1,000 people. Flynn and Walker are the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Charlie Slate, the local man who started the free annual Christmas Breakfast that his family and 60 friends are set to continue for hundreds of diners and delivery recipients. Slate began the tradition in 1982 upon noticing most restaurants closed for the holiday. This year, volunteers...
WILMINGTON-As someone who worked in the high-tech industry for more than 40 years, I was intrigued by Elayne Clift's article. It was very well written and clearly articulated the frustration we've all experienced with our interactions with technology, support, help desks, customer service, etc. I think we'd all agree that technology is great when it works, but not so much otherwise! After digesting the paragraphs on the front page, I eagerly turned the page to see what else the columnist...
Fine woodworker Richard Bissell will lead a tour of his workshop and showroom on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m., offered in connection with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) exhibit “Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers: Evolving Traditions.” Bissell's contribution to the exhibit is a four-poster bed inspired by the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene, whose architectural firm, Greene & Greene, designed a house and furniture for David and Mary Gamble, of Procter & Gamble fame, in...
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