PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
“Life is short. Eat dessert first,” the saying goes. Representatives of Brattleboro Area Hospice are taking those words to heart as they take the normally taboo subject of death out of the closet and set it on the table. Right next to a piece of cake. Hospice will host Vermont's first “death café” at Amy's Bakery Arts Café on Main Street on Thursday, June 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. Death cafés are part of a movement started in Europe...
Here in southeastern Vermont, the health of our rivers and streams affects all of us. Since 2003, a small, nonprofit organization has been monitoring these waters. That organization has also brought problematic issues to the attention of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources for corrective action. That organization is the Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance (SeVWA), also known as the West River Watershed Alliance (WRWA). Join us on April 13 for the “River Resources Rendezvous: SeVWA Celebrates a Decade of Service,”
If Iron Age jewelers had had access to the Internet - if they could buy rare and precious materials from all over the world - then their jewelry might look something like jewelry artist Bob Borter's latest work. Borter, 58, has been creating one-of-a-kind jewelry in his studio in Brattleboro since 1984. Until now, his work has been known for its futuristic, modern designs. Not anymore. After experiencing a creative epiphany, Borter's jewelry has become primal and elemental while still...
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