-On a Sunday night, Kelsey Rice found her abuser at her home again, out on...
BRATTLEBORO-The cause of the March 26 fire that temporarily displaced 126 at the School of...
BRATTLEBORO-Caz Clark is the safety and outreach manager at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, a position...
BRATTLEBORO-George Stone Sr., closing in on his 101st birthday, is one of the last members...
LONDONDERRY-A 218-page proposed zoning bylaw document - the subject of recent controversy over the extent and nature of the proposed regulations - has been sent back to the Planning Commission for revision. That action followed a June 17 hearing, after which the Selectboard voted 3–1 to reject the draft. The document, on which the Planning Commission worked for six years, was given to the board on May 1 of this year. The revision was prompted by the 2017 Town Plan...
It's been said that our most emotional antipathies, often, are not aimed at those diametrically opposed to our views but rather at those who are “almost like us - but not quite.” In the Brattleboro area, a significant majority of individuals and families share a worldview that is remarkably consistent when it comes to human rights, and oppression and discrimination against any individual or group based on nationality, race, religion, ethnicity, or gender. Untold scores of individuals in our area...
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents “Lollapalooza Nation: The Rise of Alternative Rock in the 1990s,” a free online talk by music historian Theo Cateforis, on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Register at brattleboromuseum.org. Painter John Newsom, who curated the current BMAC exhibit “Expedition,” has cited Lollapalooza as one source of inspiration for the group shows he organizes. The groundbreaking festival transformed the music scene in the 1990s, when Newsom was a student at Rhode Island School...
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